Hello lovelies,
Oh the excitement! We've barely put word out on The Lost Circus on 7/31, and RSVPs have been flooding in: 100 in just a week. We're still adding MORE acts, art & performances -- get in touch if you want to participate. We're also going to do a guerilla decor transformation on the event space. Want to help? Got something to add? Email Michelle, who's going to coordinate: virgo at geminiandscorpio.
if you're feeling flirty and playful, join us next week for a real-deal makeout party. The last few have been a blast, and this may be the last one for the summer, as we're doing lots of traveling in August.
And of course there's the Balkan Bacchanalia on the High Seas, back on the stunning Clipper City sailboat -- and now only $30 in advance. We know it seems a while away, but don't miss out on tickets. With G&S and NYC Gypsy Fest co-producing, the boat fill fill up before you know it.
Cheers,
Gemini & Scorpio
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HOUSE OF SCORPIO EVENT: 7/22
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House of Scorpio
presents
Lip Service
Thursday, July 22, 8pm-1am, $5 w/RSVP; $10 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=135969926424204
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 8:30-9:30 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: 7/31
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Gemini & Scorpio
present
The Lost Circus
(circus meets dark cabaret with a steampunk twist)
Sat, July 31, 11:59pm-4am, $15 w/RSVP; $20 without
Littlefield, 622 Degraw, Gowanus, BK
Details & RSVP: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
FB: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141792552504061
The Circus is said to have started in ancient Egypt when the court entertainers of an immortal Pharaoh escaped their slavery under a midnight moon. They have traveled the globe for centuries, gathering talent from every great empire as the empire itself begins to crumble: Istanbul, Saint Petersburg, London, Berlin...and now they have made it across the sea.
At the stroke of midnight, discover a circus long lost. With music from times gone by or times that never were: dark string fusion by Brooklyn's own Copal and bohemian cabaret in 13 languages by Vagabond Opera - our special guests from Portland, OR.
The circus unfolds to the bands and in between: mind-bending contortion by Jonathan Nosan, aerial dance by Madeline Hoak; tribal fusion bellydance by Lauren Robbiani; fire & gorgeousness by Ali Luminescent; gypsy fortunetelling by Kai Altair; an original installation & performance by artist (and Minsky Sister) Kristen Rhea van Liew. Beautiful costumed creatures perform feats of fire in the courtyard. Dusty circus visuals set the mood. DJ sophybot fascinates your ears with a renegade circus tent soundtrack. With your ever-dapper host, steampunk author G.D. Falksen. Plus photo-op custom art installation with works by Molly Crabapple and Kathleen Green. And a few surprise guests we can't mention.
Dress code (required): dark cabaret, traveling circus, steampunk Victorian, Edward Gorey, Tim Burton, Mad Max, City of Lost Children.
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OUR NEXT EVENT: 8/14
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Gemini & Scorpio and NY Gypsy Festival
present
Balkan Bacchanalia on the High Seas
Saturday, Aug 14
Aboard tall ship Clipper City, Pier 17, South St Seaport, 21+
11:30pm boarding, 11:45pm-2am boat party w/cruise, $30 adv/$40 dock (limited tix)
Official site: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
Tix: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/119199
FB: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108356192548440
Taste of last cruise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3AvHJgtA1o
Join us as we raise the massive square-rigged sails of New York's only Tall Ship for a surreal 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.
DJ Joro Boro, the king of the EthnoMesh Megalophonia sound (as heard at the infamous Bulgarian Bar, on KEXP radio, and at numerous underground parties), spins alongside special guest from Germany, DJ KK, mastermind of the Balkan Express and Favela Blast parties in Cologne.
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. Find yourself face to face with the Statue of Liberty with a cocktail in one hand, a dance partner in the other, and towering sails soaring above. Dress: gypsy fabulous (though we're taking it easy on costumes this time).
100 cruise tickets available for advance presale, 25 more at the door, first come, first served. We highly recommend buying your tickets early. Rain Date: Sunday, Aug 15 at 9:30pm.
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WEEKEND + WEEK
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CIRCUS: Modern Times
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/119622
http://www.houseofyes.org
Constellation Moving Company presents a breathtakingly entertaining piece of aerial-theatre. Modern Times is an exploration of the gap between the World Wars displayed in a burst of hot jazz, and ending in a dark, hot mess. This is the opening preview of Modern Times, which will premier in its entirety at Theater for the New City this August 19-22. Join us for this spectacular aerial, dance and drama conceived and directed by Lori Barber and Maia Ramnath, with choreography and performance by Satomi Shikata, Scott Combs, Katrina
Cydylo, Elena Delgado, and Sarah Delp. Featuring live music by Emily
Doherty, Travis Tench, Nicole Tourtelot, and Emily Willis of the Band of Bicycles. (Fri and Sat, House of Yes, 342 Maujer St.
bet Waterbury and Morgan Doors, 8pm, $15)
PERFORMANCE: Creating Illusion
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132888730072862
Seeing is believing - but perception can be manipulated for beauty or deception. Magician Jeff Grow takes you on a journey where elegant sleight of hand and insight into human behavior collide to dismantle everyday experience and tempts us to question: Why do we choose to believe the unbelievable? Recipient of the 2009 Innovative Theatre Awards for Outstanding Solo Performer & Outstanding Performance Art Production. (Sat 5pm, Sun 7pm, Performance Space 122, 150 1st Ave @ 9th St, $20)
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FRIDAY
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ART OPENING: CityScapes reception
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=137736202911016
Featuring the photographic work of Vinny Cornelli, Mari Keeler, Shane Perez and Bryan Raughton, CityScapes demonstrates a variety of angles, details and vantage points unique to NYC and other major metropolitan cities around the world. From multiple exposure photography and models posing in precarious locations to textured urban environments and the grimy gems of the City, this New Century art exhibition aims to uncover the hidden treasures constantly found on the streets of NYC and fuse them within our daily lives. (show thru 8/6, 68 Jay St, Suite 416, BK, 6pm-9pm, FREE)
MUSIC: New York Philharmonic in Prospect Park
http://nyphil.org/concertsTicks
This outdoor performance by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra will feature Tchaikovsky's Polonaise from Eugene Onegin; Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; and selections from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. The orchestra will be conducted by Andrey Boreyko. (Prospect Park, Long Meadow Ballfields, 8pm, FREE)
BURLESQUE: The Pontani Sisters Burlesque-A-Pades
http://www.coneyisland.com/burlesque.shtml
Starring THE PONTANI SISTERS, MURRAY HILL, KITTEN DE VILLE, MELODY SWEETS, ANGIE PONTANI, HELEN PONTANI, MS TICKLE & BIANCA DAGGA. The Pontani Sisters first show in Coney Island in 2 years: a special event to kick off the Burlesque-A-Pades 15 city tour. (1208 Surf Ave, 10pm, $15)
PARTY: Mata Hari Madness Midsummer Masquerade Ball
http://www.mataharimadness.com
http://www.facebook.com/l/6faaeDQwhZnad1T-3U5LtCVvs3Q
Courtesan. Exotic dancer. Secret agent. She was all three. Which one are you? Join us for an evening of erotic imagery, Playful flirting, and stolen glances all mixed together with intrigue, a twist of kink and a dash of the absurd. Amazing Presentation and Performance by Veronica Varlow, DArlinda Just Darlinda, Jo Boobs, Porno Jim, Kayti Bunny, Juliette Campbell and Damien Dluxe. Plus a very special Performance Art piece by Alt Porn Star Madison Young! Featuring DJs: Tim The Enchanter, Tektite, Friar Tuck. Plus: The Sweet and Vicious Domination Station hosted by Elisa BLynn; Photo booth Hosted By Joe Che; Kissing Booth hosted By Chemistry NYC; Tasting Treats by Dallas; Masters of Massage by Ideal Intimacy. Costumes encouraged but not required. All proceeds going to support The Desiree Alliance and 2010 Conference: a diverse, volunteer-based, sex worker-led network of organizations, communities and individuals working in harm reduction, direct services, political advocacy and
health services for sex workers. (The Red Lotus Room, text: MATA HARI to (646) 450-1548 for location, 9pm-4am, VIP cocktail reception 8pm-9pm, $20-40)
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SATURDAY
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SHOP: Brooklyn's Fanciest Rummage Sale
http://www.oneworldsymphony.org/rummagesale.shtml
[G&S note: Stuff + music + food. Sounds good, but we're not retyping info from flyer.] (St Anne's Church, 157 Montague St, BK, 10am-3am, FREE)
WALK: Historic Coney Walking Tour
http://www.saveconeyisland.net/
Join Save Coney Island for a stroll down Surf Avenue in which we will discuss Coney Island's surviving historic buildings. Unfortunately, several of these buildings are threatened with imminent demolition. These include Henderson's Music Hall, where Harpo Marx first performed with his brothers Groucho and Gummo, and the Grashorn Building, Coney Island's oldest structure. We will have historic pictures so we can see what the buildings once were; and a few renderings illustrating how these buildings could be creatively restored and reused. This will be a great opportunity to find out more about the corridor that we hope will remain the historic core of a spectacular 21st-century Coney Island that honors the area's heritage. (In front of the Shore Theater, on the corner of Surf and Stillwell, 11am, FREE)
MUSIC: 10th Annual Siren Music Festival
http://siren.villagevoice.com/2010
This free, all ages festival features performances throughout the day on two outdoor stages in historic Coney Island, NYC. Band featured are Matt & Kim, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Holy Fuck, Night Marchers, Surfer Blood, Harlem, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Earl Greyhound, Ponytail, Screaming Females, Wye Oak, Dom, Apache Beat, (Surf Ave. at Stillwell Ave., Coney Island, BK, noon-9pm, FREE)
ART: BWAC Summer Art Exhibition
http://www.BWAC.org
The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition hosts the opening of their Summer Art Exhibition. Meet the artists, enjoy music by Klaro, and wander a Civil War-era warehouse on the Red Hook waterfront, filled with 1000 new and provocative works of art by painters, sculptors, photographers, illustrators, glassworkers, mixed media and graffiti artists (499 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, BK, 1-6PM, FREE)
SHOP/PARTY: The Parlour Brooklyn's Annual Summer Soiree / Backyard Bazaar
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=142870025730257
The Parlour Brooklyn is hosting a Summer Soiree alongside their monthly Backyard Bazaar, teaming up again with In God We Trust for some Brooklyn flea market goodness with a few twists. Vendors Include: Round Designs Jewelry, If You Nasty Vintage, Goldies Soaps, M Carter, Lips Jeans, and more. Hot dog bar from Bark of Park Slope, tarot readings by Marcy Currier, and Mother May I? ice creams and sorbets. Mixologist Mark Drew will be serving up Herradura Tequila. Beer provided by Brouwerij Lane. Music by BB and The New Jerk Times, and DJ Michael Leviton. (72 Greenpoint Avenue, BK, bazaar starts at 12:00pm, music at 6:00pm, FREE)
DANCE: Unveiled Belly Dance Showcase
http://www.unveiledbellydance.com
http://www.thebellhouseny.com/calendar.php
Featuring Professional and Student performances by members of Unveiled Belly Dance Company and guests. Unveiled Dance is a Brooklyn based belly dance company that is know for there theatrical stage performance. This show will feature an array of styles and costumes that are sure to dazzle all. (The Bell House, 179 7th St at 2nd Ave, Gowanus, BK, 2pm, $20 adv/ $25 dos)
VARIETY: 357 Lover's Diorama of Friends
http://www.357LOVER.com
This Saturday amazing rocker Corn Mo (recently of Straight Up Vampire fame), and his band, .357 Lover, are hosting the hardest rocking variety show of all time, featuring Jason Trachtenburg, Anna Copacabanna, Lady Rizo, and the Love Show. There will be dancing, nudity, and air conditioning. Hosted by Corn Mo. (Ars Nova Theater, 511 West 54th St, Manhattan, 7:30pm - 11:00pm, $10)
PERFORMANCE: Rev. Billy Send-off to Appalachia
http://www.Revbilly.com
We have tried to bring down Holy Fire upon those logos in the malls. We always do this with an unseen partner working with us -- somewhere out in the world. Now with Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia, we have the same consumer society set-up as the other struggles. There's the same colonizing of labor and natural resources. With this campaign, though, our partners are only nine hours away in Coal River Valley, West Virginia. We get to meet them, and stay with and sing with our hero activists. Come to our Send-off to Appalachia. Put us on that bus. We'll get some love and we'll get some more murdered mountain mud to power our way into the mind and soul of UBS -- that Swiss bank that finances strip-mining now that Chase backed down. Their secret bank accounts are bursting with mountain crimes, and they will change their evil ways. Appalachia-lujah! (92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St, 8pm, $10/no one turned away)
PARTY: DISORIENT PRESENTS: COMPRESSOR VI ~ Re-envisioning Metropolis
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=262547762045
https://disorient.ticketleap.com/c2010/t/fbe
Get your Pornjy selves ready for Metropolis, Black Rock City, 2010. The US debut of The Tune Brothers, slammin' house, live Haitian/Brazilian/Latin/Balkan beats, playa-bound artwork, pumping AC, and we go till 6am. Plus DJs: Lushbunny (NYC debut of Disorient's new LA spin master: Electro/tech house bashment), Miss Sabado (Our newest star bringing old-school house with furious flavor), Arrow Chrome (Rockstar, Big Daddy, Compressor Producer, and Tune Brothers Opener), Friar Tuck (Breaks, House, Baile Funk, and sexiness), The Bass (Disorient's secret weapon of house destruction), Douggie Style (Destroyed GlamTech, ready to bop you and drop you with the funk), Been Jammin' (sweet, tough & soulful house), The Latest Artists (Mysterious minimal Canadian grooves). With LIVE BANDS & MUSICIANS in the Glam Tribal Lounge: M'Lumbo – mysterious electro-jazz ensemble; Copal (NYC) – violin and cello inspired by Middle Eastern rhythms, dark Nordic melodies, Hungarian riffs, Spanish-flavored
cadences; Narhed – traditional percussion styles ranging from Haitian Voudun to Rumba to West African to Cuban Santeria; Beatbox Guitar – An innovative mix of flamenco, psychedelic rock, hip hop and punk; Ray Santiago – tasty, hard-driving piano playing and earthy direction; Hot Sauce with special guest Marc Levitt – sultry jazz vocals with guitar accompaniment; JustinJustin TOCA & Ale' Ale' Drummers - Amazing Brazilian-flavored drum ensemble. Drink Specials: $6 vodka drinks, $6 Heineken, $5 Miller Light, $3 water. Costume ideas: future-retro to future-techno. (Times Square Arts Center, 669 8th Ave, 9pm-6am, $20)
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SUNDAY
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*FOOD/MUSIC: 3rd Ward's 3rd Annual Pig Roast
http://www.3rdward.com/events
Goods Chef, Alex McCrery, is spit-roasting 200lb of whole hog, and you're invited to chow it down. There will be heap eats and drinks and free Fire Island Beer Co. brews from 2p 'til we run out. We'll be serving up pulled pork sandwiches, fresh slaw, house pickle spears, beer, cocktails, and more. Enjoy live music ranging from bluegrass to rock to sweet summery tunes from The Fieros, In Cadeo, Le Mood, The Ramblers, Cletus & the Barnburners, and more. (195 Morgan Ave, BK, 2 –9pm, FREE)
PARTY: Psychobilly vs Punk BBQ!
http://www.publicassemblynyc.com
It's Psycho's vs Punks, who can drink, dance and stand the longest, featuring Henchmen (CA Psychobilly); 45 Adapters (NYC Punk); Tex Railer's Doom Town (Boston Psychobilly); The Midnight Saints (VT Punk); Holy Roller Sideshow (Brooklyn Psychobilly); and The Dirty Spiders (NYC Punk). There will also be DJs, BBQ, Vendors and Go-Go. (Public Assembly, 70 N. 6th St., Wburg, BK, 4pm, $10)
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MONDAY
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MUSIC/FOOD: Guac Rock Concert Cruise
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2416645&pl=rocksoff
http://nachosny.com
Nachos NY will be hosting a huge party complete with guacamole and music. As we sail around the East River, you will get your fill of free guacamole prepared for you by the three winners of Guactacular 2010. Cash bar. Live music from North Highlands, The Beets, and Dry Feet, along with DJ Steve Webb. (The Jewel at Skyport Marina, E. 23rd St and FDR Dr. Manhattan, boat boards at 7pm, sets sail at 8pm, $20/adv, $25/dock)
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TUESDAY
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PARTICIPATORY: Chaos Cooking Part IX
http://www.chaoscooking.com
A continuing social experiment where up to 50 people cook 50 recipes in 1 kitchen, 4 burners, 1 oven, BBQ. All recipes must be finished in 3 hours while everyone is drinking wine, socializing and putting delectable dishes in their mouths. When you arrive pour yourself some wine, pick your cutie color, sign the book, start making your dish, help someone else, pour yourself some wine, eat some of the dish that was just finished, ask for help, try not to start yourself on fire, try some more dishes, sit down and talk for a while, pour your new friend some more wine, have some dessert, pitch in for cleanup, make plans for this weekend. (Page Not Found, JMZ to Myrtle Broadway/Morgan L, RSVP for address at info@chaoscooking.com, 7pm, $3-5 to cover the costs and two bottles of wine to drink each)
VARIETY: The Love Show's Guide to Sex
http://www.theloveshownyc.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115590565154921
Forgotten how to do the do, or never, ever even knew? An evening of Provocative Modern Dance, Cabaret, Comedy and Magic. Featuring: Angela Harriell's Love Show Dancers. Reservations are strongly recommended. (The Laurie Beechman Theater in The West Bank Café, 407 W. 42nd St. @9th Ave., 8pm, $10 plus $15 food/drink minimum)
*MUSIC: Project Jenny, Project Jan
http://www.brooklynbowl.com/calendar/
The first of our new live shows; we've added a couple of guys to the band and we're playing a lot of new material from out upcoming album. Jeremy Da will be playing drums and Ed RosenBurg will be playing keys and glockenspiel. This will be a bit of an experimental show as it is our first show as a full band. We're coming on last after Your Youth, Mr. Dream and Murder Mystery. (Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave., BK, 8pm, FREE)
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WEDNESDAY
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*BURLESQUE: Revealed Three Year Anniversary
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=137192606298598
REVEALED is a burlesque show unlike any other. It's a seduction, a tease, an epiphany, a dare, a conspiracy of pleasure. Hosted by devilishly charming master of ceremonies Bastard Keith and Sensational Stage Kitten Sidekick, Victoria Privates, our third anniversary show stars a selectively picked ensemble of the most beloved burlesque performers in New York, with innovative performances represent the state of the art in risqué entertainment. Featuring tantalizing performances by: Miss Coney Island 2010, GiGi La Femme; Arms O'Neil; Gal Friday; Harvest Moon; Kobayashi Maru; Madame Rosebud; Sapphire Jones; and in her Revealed debut, Russia's Lovely Long-Legged Contortionist, Ekaterina. (The Kraine Theatre, 85 East 4th St, Manhattan 10:00pm -11:30pm, $25)
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THURSDAY
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*FOOD: NYC Food Crawl Presents: The July Ice Cream Crawl
http://www.nycfoodcrawl.blogspot.com
Ccrawlers will be directed along a route of several locations where you may sample different varieties of a sharable, portable and precious food. This month's culinary exploration will take us though the west side of Manhattan to several establishments offering several ways to tingle taste buds while staying cool. Soft serve, sandwiched, in a cone or in a dish ... ice cream is a simple sweet affording a multitude of creative options for its enjoyment. Bring friends or come meet new ones. Ice cream scorecard, map, and team assignments will be provided. (RSVP for location, 6:30p, FREE)
FILM : Until the End of the World
http://628months.blogspot.com
Narrative about what we see and hear shape our reality as much as sight and hearing themselves. The struggle between story and actuality seems endless, and perhaps, at the same time, unnecessary. Is it possible that story and perception are one and the same? Come join the discussion led by Laura Simms, with music by Kaia Wong and Jenn Kelly. The dance party after the movie will feature, in a rare New York performance, world-renowned Zimbabwean virtuoso Garikayi Tirikoti playing amplified mbira. There will be beverages and light refreshments. Proceeds to benefit the Mothers and Children Project in Haiti. (6-8 Months Space, 265 West 37th St. @ 8th Ave., 6:30-11pm, $6-$8/sugg donation)
VARIETY: Skybox Aerial Variety Show
http://theskybox.org
Nothing says heat like fire, and nothing says hot like aerialists. Lucky for you, this month Sky Box brings you lots of BOTH! Featuring NYC's finest aerialists on silk, lyra, rope and hammock as well as performances of burlesque and theatrical pole dance; this month's show is bound to be steamy for more reasons than one. Plus with two aerial acts featuring fire performance, a new meaning of epic will be in action and Sky Box aerial community can't wait! Featuring performances by: Nikki Borodi, Sandhi Ferreira, Ariel Iasevoli, Alaska McFadden, Nicki Miller, Ashley
Monroe, Anya Sapozhnikova, Amanda Silaski, Matt Stuart and Chriselle Tidrick. Mistress of Ceremonies: Kae Burke. (House of Yes, 342 Maujer St bet Waterbury and Morgan, Bushwick, BK, 8pm, $10)
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UPCOMING
[Ticketed events likely to sell out and/or offering presale discounts]
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Friday, July 23
DANCE: Desert Sin's Sex and Taboo: A Surreal Performance Event
http://s80131.gridserver.com/public
Featuring Desert Sin, Vangeline Theater, Rose Wood, Ms Tickle, Anya Sapozhnikova, and more. An unforgettable night about masturbation, incest, gender and sexuality – this is not your grandmother's dance show. Come see some of NY's most innovative talent bringing you Butoh, Burlesque, Tango, Performance Art, Theatrical Dance, and Aerial in erotic and thought-provoking ways you've never seen before. (Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main St, DUMBO, BK, 7pm, $10 adv/$15 door)
Saturday, July 24
***MUSIC: Sxip Shirey's "Sonic New York" CD release party
http://www.sxipshirey.com
http://www.citywinery.com/events/90398
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111336928914394
Avant-garde composer Sxip Shirey will perform cuts from his latest release 'Sonic New York' with the Carolina Chocolate Drops' Rhiannon Giddens and special downtown guests Adam Matta, Rachelle Garniez, and The Wiyos' Joe "Bass" DeJarnette. With harmonica and megaphone in hand, Shirey taps the loop-sampler with his foot. Dirty hip-hop beats scroll out of the sound system, as his drummer kicks in a counter rhythm that unfurls a tight snare klezmer for a distinctly urban sound. Before the night's over, shards of blue light will bathe the stage as the earthbound shadow reaches for the cosmic: red marbles rolling in electroacoustic glass bowls, industrial flutes, bass siren whistles, regurgitated music box, mutant harmonica, miniature hand bell choir... A confusion of novelty, experimental and electronics, wild and entertaining. [G&S note: we don't need to tell you how much we love Sxip. Those of you who've been to Jank! (and many other parties he's played) can understand why. But
if you've never seen a true Sxip solo show, you still have no idea. His new CD is a two-year $17K labor of love, and, quite likely, a goodbye letter to NYC. This is Sxip's ONLY show until fall.] (The City Winery, 155 Varick St, 9pm, $12 adv/$15 door)
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HOT TIPS
[Art opportunities, promotions, sales, news. Non-event ephemera...]
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VARIETY: Open Casting Call for the Coney Island Talent Show
http://www.thirstygirlproductions.com
Categories for this year's talent contest are: Sassy Seniors, 60 and up; Best Drag Performance or Celebrity Impersonator; Circus Freaks and Sideshow Geeks (including all variety, novelty acts); Dance your Pants Off (including soloists, troupes & step teams); Creative Kids, 9-12years. The Talent Show will be on Sat. July 31st and will be hosted by The World Famous BOB & Miss Saturn! (Applications due 7/20)
ART: Sukkah City
http://www.sukkahcity.com/
Biblical in origin, the sukkah is an ephemeral, elemental shelter, erected for one week each fall, in which it is customary to share meals, entertain, sleep, and rejoice. Ostensibly the sukkah's religious function is to commemorate the temporary structures that the Israelites dwelled in during their exodus from Egypt, but it is also about universal ideas of transience and permanence as expressed in architecture. The sukkah is a means of ceremonially practicing homelessness, while at the same time remaining deeply rooted. It calls on us to acknowledge the changing of the seasons, to reconnect with an agricultural past, and to take a moment to dwell on--and dwell in--impermanence. 'Sukkah City: New York City' will re-imagine this ancient phenomenon, develop new methods of material practice and parametric design, and propose radical possibilities for traditional design constraints in a contemporary urban site. Twelve finalists will be selected by a panel of celebrated architects
, designers, and critics to be constructed in a visionary village in Union Square Park from September 19-21, 2010. One structure will be chosen by New Yorkers to stand and delight throughout the week-long festival of Sukkot as the Official Sukkah of New York City. The process and results of the competition, along with construction documentation and critical essays, will be published in the forthcoming book "Sukkah City: Radically Temporary Architecture for the Next Three Thousand Years." Selected entries will also be displayed in an exhibit at the Center for Architecture in New York City during September 2010. (Entries due by Aug 1)
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ONGOING
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ART: Daniel Merriam
http://www.animazing.com/gallery/merriam/originals
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)
DANCE: Angela Harriell & The Love Show present: Robots and Aliens: A Love Story
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131899436845087
http://www.theloveshownyc.com
An Interactive Improvisational Dance & Karaoke Installation. Since human beings first became sentient and began to understand the ramifications of working within a society, we have been torn between the need to be efficient, predictable, reliable, productive members of that society (robots), and the desire to expressive, unpredictable, incomprehensible, mysterious individuals (aliens). While some of us may opt for grey suits while others don fabulous drag, none of us can allow one aspect to completely subsume the other. Robot and alien must learn to co-exist; theirs must be a love story. By allowing – to some extent, requiring – the passerby to choose the direction in which our piece plays out, we give the her or him officially sanctioned permission to act independently and expressively, without ever stepping outside the bounds of the acceptable, robotic behavior that being in public requires. Similarly, the karaoke sing-alongs will encourage the marriage of the two sides. Wh
ile the singers will inherently bring themselves to the music, they will also be singing in unison, following the projected lyrics and our singer, and performing an action authorized by the powers that be. Thus, the piece hopes to help urbanites heal the rift between two warring sides of their personalities, all while having a huge amount of fun. (thru 7/21, Chashama 112 W. 44th St, 12pm-8pm/early closings: 6pm on 7/17, 5pm on 7/21, FREE)
ART: Dorothea Tanning: Early Designs for the Stage
http://www.drawingcenter.org/exh_current.cfm
Approximately twenty hand-drawn ballet costume designs by Dorothea Tanning (b.1910) created in collaboration with the early modernist choreographer, George Balanchine. Dating from 1945–1953, the designs will be shown together for the first time, and will be accompanied by archival photographs and ephemera related to the staged productions. This series explores the dynamic intersections of dance, performance, visual art, and costume, while drawing important parallels to Tanning's early discoveries in both painting and sculpture. Taking the form of traditional fashion plates, the blithely rendered drawings are suggestive of bodies in motion and portrayals of outlandish characters through the quirky detailing and sensual drapery of the costumes. (thru 7/23, Wed-Fri 12-6pm, Thur 2-8pm, 35 Wooster St, FREE)
THEATER: Game Play
http://www.bricktheater.com/gameplay
Game Play explores the collision of technology, theater, performance art, and video game culture by staging the collaborative work of performance and media artists across the digital spectrum. For 2009, Game Play's inaugural year, works for the celebrated festival included "Adventure Quest," "Thank You But Our Princess is in Another Castle," and "Suspicious Package: Rx". This year's performances include “Grand Theft Ovid,” “A Short Lecture of a Different Time,” and “Theater of the Arcade: Five Classic Video Games Adapted for the Stage.” (thru 7/25, The Brick, 575 Metropolitan Ave., Wburg, BK, various times, $15)
THEATER: Anna & Meredith's Production of Gormanzee & Other Stories
http://www.theflea.org
The evening features Bill It, a kinetic portrait of the restaurant industry, The House on the Shore, the story of the sole resident of a shuttered beach town, and Gormanzee, a macabre puppet comedy exploring ritualistic primate slaughter. These three one-acts showcase Anna & Meredith's wide stylistic range, from fast-paced comedy and tight choreography, to stark dramatic conflict, to eerie and inventive puppetry. Anna & Meredith's past work includes Brains, First Place Winner of Spoke the Hub's 2009 Winter Follies and recipient of The Looking Glass Theatre Space Grant, and The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner, Time Out NY Critics' Pick at FringeNYC 2008. (thru 7/25, The Flea Theater, 41 White Street, bet Broadway & Church Streets, Wed, Thurs and Sun at 7pm,
Fri and Sat at 9pm, $20)
TALK: Oxberry Pegs Presents: Animators Are God?
http://observatoryroom.org/series
Meet them in person and decide for yourself in this series of screenings, lectures, and presentations on the illusion of life co-hosted by GF Newland and Trilby Schreiber. From time immemorial, some mere mortals have sought to play God! They have "pursued nature to her hiding-places" like a bunch of Dr. Frankenstein's, driven by a bold desire to create life. They are the Animators, and somehow, they have done it, but how? How do they do it? How will they do it in the future, if any, and for God sake's why??? For answers to these and other questions, don't miss a night of this scintillating series of lectures, screenings, and presentations by the gods themselves! From Winsor McKay to Ren and Stimpy, the Golem to video games, automata to Avator, phantasmagoria to animatronics, Pygmalian to puppet theatre, this series will examine the ways in which animators play god (with a little g). (thru July 29, Observatory Room, 543 Union St, Gowanus, BK)
MUSIC: Bridge Culture Concert Series
http://www.bridgeculture.org/
Four weeks of free live performances representing communities from throughout New York City and cultures from around the world. The series will welcome visitors to Brooklyn Bridge Park and help promote cultural exchange throughout NYC. For this kick-off year, Bridge Culture will promote the proud cultures of Brooklyn, India, Russia, and Haiti through music, storytelling and dance. (Saturdays thru 7/31, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1, Old Fultion St at Furman St, DUMBO, BK, 4pm-6pm, FREE)
ART: Polaroid: Instant Joy!
http://www.amrichardfineart.com/
What is the allure and fascination of the Polaroid? Beyond the sheer magic of seeing an image appear from nothingness, the prints could be remarkably rich, vibrant and resolute, rivaling and sometimes surpassing the finest silver or color prints. The Polaroid print was a living object: you shook it in the air or held it in the warmth of your armpit to accelerate development. With the sharing of the image and the subsequent marvel, taking a picture became an interactive experience. Although space restrictions have not allowed a complete survey of Polaroid art, this show attempts to capture the range of vision, spontaneity and experimentations possible with the Polaroid. The artists selected include Lynka Adams, Michael Anton, Jimmy Baynes, Todd Boebel, Ellen Carey, Brendan Carroll, Chuck Close, William Coupon, Melanie Einzig, Andrew Garn, Stan Gregory, Jack Johnston, Till Krautkraemer, Marc Kehoe, Mimi Lipson, Eric Kroll, Sally Mann, Richard McCabe, Barbara Mensch, Ber Murphy,
Nagatani/ Tracey, Bill Ray, F. Scott Schafer, David Stock, Molly Surno, Jennifer Trausch, Robert Vizzini, Robert Warhover and William Wegman. (thru 7/31, A.M. Richard Fine Art, 328 Berry St. bet S. 4th and S. 5th St., Wburg, BK, various times, FREE)
FILM: Charlie Chaplin Film Festival
http://www.filmforum.org/films/chaplin.html
Film Forum is screening all of the Little Tramp's features on original 35mm prints, including classics like Modern Times, The Kid and, naturally, A King in New York. (thru 8/3, Manhattan Film Forum, 209 W Houston St)
PERFORMANCE: 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)
PERFORMANCE: 19th Annual HOT! Festival of Queer Performance and Culture
New York's HOT! Festival is the longest running LGBTQ Festival in the world. The Village Voice calls it "New York's Best Gay Theater Festival!" For 19 years, Dixon Place has presented emerging and established artists in the Queer universe who present their finest works in theater, music, dance, performance, and literature. 2010's HOT! Festival features Dynasty Handbag, Scotty Heron, Frank DeCaro, Robert Richards, Holly Hughes, World Famous Bob, Reno, Liz Liguori & Jesse Mann, and over 60 more artists. Many shows in our cozy cocktail lounge are free and you're invited to our post-show parties where you meet your favorite artists. (thru 8/7, Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie St bet Delancey/Rivington, most shows $10 adv/$15 door/$25 for any 3/$60 fest pass)
DANCING/MUSIC: MoonDance
http://www.hudsonriverpark.org/events.asp
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105022499545831
Whether you've been dancing for years or want to learn how to swing like a pro, Hudson River Park's MoonDance is your chance to strut your stuff under the stars. Free lessons from Dance Manhattan begin the evening before New York City's favorite dance bands perform. Featured styles include swing, tango and salsa. (Every Sunday through 8/8; 7/18 – Salsa with Los Hermanos Colon; 7/25 – Salsa with Nu D'Lux; 8/1 – Tango with Hector DelCurto's Eternal Tango Orchestra; 8/8 –Swing with George Gee Swing Orchestra Pier 54 at W. 14th St. Free dance lessons at 6:30pm. Live bands at 7pm; FREE)
***OUT OF TOWN: Going Places (Doing Stuff) III
http://www.fluxfactory.org
Flux Factory is pleased to announce our third annual Going Places (Doing Stuff) artist-led bus tours! Think of it as "adventure as performance art." The content of the tours is entirely up to the artist, and destinations are kept secret. Artists have "carte blanche" to lead a bus-full of people on an odyssey around the greater New York/Quad-State area. Before each tour, we provide only the following information: artists' name, title of adventure, duration, and a list of needed supplies. In other words, when people sign up for a tour, they know what to bring and how long they'll be gone, but will have no idea where they're going or what they'll experience. Last year's adventures included ziplining to swimming holes, breaking world records, a trip to an abandoned mental asylum, a demolition derby, and camping in the rain. The tours will be on board a school bus propelled by vegetable oil provided by the Rude Mechanical Orchestra. All tours are first-come, first-serve. Tickets g
o on sale one week before each tour. They go like hotcakes. Please check the Flux Factory website for details. (thru 8/28, location with ticket, $20)
THEATER: Much Ado About Nothing
http://www.newyorkclassical.org/index.php
New York Classical Theatre's hallmark is accessibility and a panoramic staging approach to performance. Site-specific productions are adapted to showcase the unique visual components of each venue through innovative design and choreographic elements. Throughout the performance, the audience follows the actors from place to place, as the plot unfolds from scene to scene. In this way, the spectators become active participants in the drama itself. Our current production, Much Ado About Nothing, is a Shakespearean comedy about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero. (thru 8/29, Battery Park thru 8/1, W. 103rd St. and Central Park West thru 7/27-8/29, see site for details, FREE)
PARTY: PS1 Warm Up
http://ps1.org/news/view/64/
MoMA PS1's historic Warm Up music series begins this Saturday. This highly anticipated outdoor series celebrates its twelfth year of exposing audiences to the best in experimental music and live bands, performances, and DJs. Coinciding with the annual Young Architects Program, this year's Warm Up will merge with a new courtyard installation, Pole Dance, created by the architectural firm Solid Objectives - Idenburg Liu (SO - IL). (Every Sat thru 9/4, PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave at 46th Ave, 2pm-9pm, $15)
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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