Hello lovelies,
We're just one short week away from the fabulous Lost Circus event. NY Post gave us a nod this week, calling the party "a late-night extravaganza...where the big top and cabaret collide" -- more here: http://bit.ly/cy21WH
Full info below, and don't forget to RSVP on the G&S site to get $5 off the door price. We're also going to do a guerrilla decor transformation on the event space; more hands are needed. Want to help? Got something to add? (And yes, we've got event comps for helpers.) Email Michelle, who's going to coordinate: virgo at geminiandscorpio.
Cheers,
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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 and special guest Rio; 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. Fanciful body artistry by AMBodyArt. 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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OPERA: The Last Dreams of Helene Weigel or How to Get Rid of the Feminism Once and For All
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126681437349856
http://www.panoplylab.org/thefeminism.php
tix: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/115185
An experimental, documentary opera following Helene Weigel, Bertolt Brecht's wife and "the greatest actress who ever lived" as she snaps the neck of a wild swan, escapes robbery by door-to-door linoleum salesmen, and makes covert visits in her dreams to the nunnery cell of Héloïse d' Argenteuil, the 12th Century philosopher best known in light of her lover Abelard's castration. (Thur-Sun this weekend & next, ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St, 8pm, $10)
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FRIDAY
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DANCE: Desert Sin's Sex and Taboo: A Surreal Performance Event
http://s80131.gridserver.com/public
Desert Sin, an emotionally charged theatrical dance company, is proud to bring you “Sex and Taboo: A Surreal Performance Event” 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, 7:00pm, $10 adv/$15 door)
DJ/DANCING: Wicked City
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103753293011127
A pre-party for Kostume Kult's FreaKKshow next Saturday, July 31st, where playa style and wicked city attire is encouraged but not required. Prizes for the best dressed or keep it casual and save your freakkiness for next saturday. DI's spinning breaks, electro and dubstep on one of the best sound systems in NYC including DJ MLE, Arrow Chrome, Tarquin, Orion, Morphous featuring ShiZaru + Special Guests. VJ's – TBA. Drink Specials: 2 for 1 Happy Hour till 11pm and drink specials for anyone in Costume! 100% of proceeds go to support our Kollective Kuest to build the Libertine Lounge and rent a thumping sound system at Kostume Kult's Burning Man camp. (Club Love, 40 W 8th Street, 9:30 pm to Late, $10 before Midnight - $15 after).
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SATURDAY
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EVENT: Sand Sculpting Contest & Unity Day
http://coneyislandfunguide.com/Events/20th-Annual-Sand-Sculpting-Competition_7_24_2010-2366.htm
Professionals and amateurs alike compete to create towering edifices and sculptures out of Coney Island's sandy beach. The event (double-billed as Coney Island Unity day) also features live music, kids' entertainers and a special appearance by the cast of John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean. (Coney Island Boardwalk between W 10th and W 12th Sts., 11 am-5 pm, FREE)
EVENT: New Museum Block Party
http://www.newmuseum.org/events/462
A day of art activities and performances at Sara D. Roosevelt Park where you can find a range of interactive projects with artists and educators. This year's event is loaded with art projects, hands-on interactive activities and plenty of creative types to help channel your kids' artistic gifts. Receive a complementary guest pass to visit the New Museum on the day of the event. (Sara D. Roosevelt Park & New Museum, Chrystie Street between Delancey and Broome Street, Noon - 5pm., FREE)
EVENT: Meet Michael Michael Motorcycle
http://www.michaelmichaelmotorcycle.com
We are thrilled to welcome Michael Michael Motorcycle to Coney Island for a "Meet the Artist" poster signing party. Once again he has harnessed the spirit of Coney Island and articulated its magic in a signed, numbered, limited edition, screen printed, collector’s item. This is the Fourth Coney Island Poster, which we've commissioned Michael Michael Motorcycle to create! The exuberant mermaid conveys the hopefulness bursting in the hot summer air of Coney Island's 2010 season. Drinks afterward next door at Ruby's Bar and Grill. (Lola Star Boardwalk Boutique, Coney Island boardwalk b/t W 12th Street and Henderson Walk, 3pm–6pm, $20 limited edition posters available)
ART: Art Battles King of New York
http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/1370
Four top artists return to paint with the hopes of representing NYC in a three week battle against local artists in Barcelona. Artist: Ben Angotti , Yatika Starr Fields , Andre Trenier and Leif McIlwaine will be battling it out for the chance to take on Spain. (Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St, 7pm-10pm, $10)
PARTY: Saved by The Bell House
http://www.thebellhouseny.com/calendar.php
Mr. Belding & The Bayside Tigers Pep Squad present Saved by The Bell House. Character costumes are strongly encouraged, but simply dressing like a student at Bayside is totally acceptable as well. Yummy themed drink specials all night, 80s/90s tunes by DJ Kellas, performances by the awesome 90s cover band The Bayside Tigers, and DJ Jonathan James. Robicelli's will be on hand selling delicious SBTB-themed cupcakes, and so much more. $3 from every ticket sold will be donated directly to the National Wildlife Federation to assist animals affected by the BP oil spill in the Gulf. (Bell House, 149 7th St, BK, 8pm, $15)
TALK: Echoes of Mutilation: The Saints and their Afterlives
http://observatoryroom.org/2010/06/19/mutilation/
An illustrated lecture by Colin Dickey, author of Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius. In the wake of the photos of Abu Ghraib, images of torture have been pushed back into the forefront of American consciousness, but Western history has had a long and complicated relationship with images of torture. Colin Dickey discusses images of torture in the cult of Christian saints, particularly Saint Bartholomew (who was flayed alive), Saint Lucy (whose eyes were gouged out) and Saint Agatha (whose breasts were cut off). Inverting the traditional relationship of torturer and powerless victim, Christian imagery turned the act of torture into empowerment, where specific methods of torture became associated with specific saints. As the cult of the saints waned, these images of torture began to filter into European consciousness in bizarre and fascinating ways, appearing in everything from Renaissance anatomy textbooks to the paintings of Paul Gauguin to the feminist art
of the 1970’s. (Observatory, 543 Union St., Gowanus, BK, 8pm, $5)
MULTIMEDIA: BUSHFLIX Art Party
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118857464827199
http://bushwickprojectforthearts.blogspot.com/
A total sensory experience, with live VJ's, 16mm films, and acoustic improvisations filling a large industrial warehouse space. Watch VJing and experimental films on 3 screens in our plush theater seats, or from the balcony lounge while sippin' wine. Make out with someone inside the video bubble - a 360 degree dome completely filled with moving images. Check out analog video experimentation ...on a wall made out of TV's. Witness vintage 16mm films from multiple clickety-clackin' projectors, while listenin' to old-timey piano playin'. The Danish Mammut Is In Love will be performing at midnight. (Bushwick Project for the Arts, 304 Meserole St., BK, 8pm, $5)
PARTY: The CoolDown
http://www.secrettheatre.com
The CoolDown is an exclusive new series of outdoor summer parties featuring visual art installations and live music taking place at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City, Queens. Located a few blocks away from PS1, nestled behind the Long Island City Art Center, The Secret Theatre is a unique outdoor / indoor venue that will be transformed into a multimedia playground led by the world class visual artists of Forward Motion Theater. The live VJ performances provide the artistic backdrop for music spun and performed by a rotating lineup of NYC’s most well respected DJs and bands. The jump-off CoolDown party will feature music by Dhundee, Kimskii, DeepField, Jools Palmer and visuals by Forward Motion Theater. (4402 23rd St, bet 44th Rd & 44th Ave, Long Island City, Queens, 8 pm-1 am, $5 at door)
VARIETY: Dead Herring Circus Cabaret: A Benefit for the City Reliquary
http://www.circusnyc.com/shows/100706a.html
A circus party with aerialists, contortionists, the musical stylings of Corn Mo and post-punk clowning; featuring Book Kennison (Ringling Bros.), Kae Burke (Lady Circus, House of Yes), Corn Mo (Joes Pub, Circus Una), Claudio Carneiro (Cirque du Soleil), Wayne Wilson (Cirque du Soleil), Patrick de Vallete (Cirque du Soleil). Hosted by Jeff Seel and Buttons. (141 S 5th Street, Apt. 1E, BK, 8:30pm, $7–$10 sliding-scale donation)
PARTY: BUGGIN' OUT - A benefit for Grounded Aerial Dance Theatre
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141119719237374
Come out of your chrysalis and support INSECTINSIDE for the Philadelphia FRINGE Festival...a whirlwind-fantasy-land of flying wasps, fireflies, and a towering praying mantis. Featuring surprise performances from critters doing aerial silk, bungee, and lyra as well as dance, stilts, theater, gymnastics, and poi. Fly down the hall to the Wasp's Nest at the ~WINDMILL FACTORY~ (#15) and shake you thorax to DJ Tarquin - keeping the party buzzing all night. Featuring a swarm of insect performers from : Cirque Du Soleil, Barnum and Bailey Circus, The Metropolitan Opera, De La Guarda, Pilobolus, and Fuerza Bruta. Also catch a sneak preview of the original musical score by jazz fusion musician, John Medeski. (Embody Language Studio/Windmill Factory, 241 Bedford Ave, #7 & #15, BK, 8:30pm, $15/adv, $20/door)
VARIETY: Mermaid Lagoon: A Benefit for The Oceanic Preservation Society & The Gulf Coast
http://www.houseofyes.org
An alluring and eclectic group of all-female performers will come together for one night only at The House of Yes for the "Mermaid Lagoon" ocean benefit. Funds will go directly to The Oceanic Preservation Society (creators of the Oscar winning documentary "The Cove”) and to Gulf Coast clean-up efforts. Kai Altair will perform songs from her solo EP release: Star of The Sea, and the night will also include spellbinding performances by burlesque beauty Veronica Varlow, Ali Luminescent (Coney Island's Best Mermaid 2009), tribal belly dance by Desert Sin, and sea-themed aerial, fire, and glass walking performances by members of Lady Circus. The evening will feature a bio-luminescent lagoon full of bellydancing mermaids and handmade tropical drinks, with DJ Joey Nova spinning a special cocktail of new wave and electro-bellydance all night long. (The House of Yes, 342 Maujer St., BK, 9pm, $15/adv, $20/door)
***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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SUNDAY
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EVENT: Bushwick Arts Day
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144270712256403
We are closing off the streets just for you! The Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council will host its 2nd Annual Sunday Scene events as part of the NYCDOT Weekend Walks Program. It will feature musical performances by Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Neighborhood Super Group Galore, Sangre Nueva Salsa Band and much more. For the kids, we will have arts and crafts activities ALL DAY LONG. And don’t forget, the DOMINOES tournament will be on! (Knickerbocker Avenue between Star and Suydam Streets, in front of the Maria Hernandez Park, 12pm-6pm, FREE)
MUSIC: Tea with The Curious Shape of Hens
http://www.bowerypoetry.com/#Event/92554
http://www.myspace.com/thecuriousshapeofhens
The Curious Shape of Hens’ musical brains are coming from some of the branches of American folk music, mostly jazz and the occasional nod to southern hymns and ballads. They also like experimenting. Frankly, they poke around in avant garde puddles of dissonance. Sometimes they just care that their music sounds beautiful. At the end of the show, if you've been moved by a melody enough to lightly touch your sweetheart's elbow, squinted your eyes to better see if they are making those horrible notes on purpose, thought about dancing even a little bit, and laughed with your teeth showing, they would feel like they've done a good weird deed for the day. They keep trying to do this to people with their voices, an alto sax, tenor horn, cello, upright bass, and percussion. Come have tea with them! [G&S note: apparently the band is making Russian Tea Cake(s) for this. Yummy!] (The Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, 2pm, $5)
FILM: Muppet Vault
http://bk.knittingfactory.com
Fraggle Time
ToughPigs (a fan site for all things Muppets) and Muppetcast (the only podcast dedicated to the Muppets and Jim Henson) present an afternoon of entertainment, rare footage from the short-living Jim Henson Hour and other classics, singalongs, and trivia for Muppet and Jim Henson fans of all ages. Videos will include commercials from early in Jim Henson’s career, clips from the short-lived TV show the Jim Henson Hour, some of the funniest Sesame Street skits ever, and lots of surprises. And what Muppet event would be complete without a little music? Join us for the sing-along portion of the event, as well as Muppet trivia and neat prizes. (The Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave., BK, 2pm-5pm, $5)
PERFORMANCE: Fine Art Remixed
http://denartny.com/fine-art-remixed-multimedia-show
http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/event-detail/?id=11141
A multimedia art show consist of live body painting, live music, interactive story telling, dance performance and more. Featuring live music by Los Huevos and They Would Be Happy People, spoken word by Bekah, storytelling by Tai Odunsi and Kristin Pidemonti, dance performance by Nina Sol and live body painting by Danny Setiawan. (Littlefield, 622 Degraw Street bet 3rd and 4th Ave, BK, 5pm, $15/adv, $20/door)
FILM: Gorilla Suit Film Festival Part One
http://www.unionhallny.com/calendar.php
Real 16mm film on the big screen; $1 Off Draft Beer special and free popcorn while it lasts! Film archivist Movie Mike will wear his gorilla suit to host this fabulous event. We'll see chapter 1 of Clyde Beatty's Darkest Africa serial (1936) plus this exciting full-length movie: Nabonga (1944); a rousing jungle adventure with Buster Crabbe in search of a lost treasure, lovely young Julie London as the mysterious White Witch, and Crash Corrigan in a gorilla suit as her guardian protector. Buster defies the racist conventions of the period to rescue a native from murder, and is rewarded with vital info. But he's up against bad guy Barton MacLaine and bad girl Fifi D'Orsay, who are following him through the soundstage foliage with larcenous intent. (Union Hall, 702 Union, 8pm, $5)
BURLESQUE: The Sophisticates
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111238788927422
The classiest, brassiest, glammiest, hammiest burlesque floorshow in town returns! Bastard Keith and Madame Rosebud team up to bring you the finest in classic burlesque entertainment. Keith sings out, slings drinks and cracks wise while presenting the following lovely ladies: Gal Friday (Miss Coney Island), Ms. Tickle (Best Debut, BHoF 2010), Marlo Marquise (International fetish model and glamour girl) and Rosebud herself. Doc Wasabassco, as ever, tries to keep the wheels greased. The Sophisticates...It's not a show, it's a seduction. (The Oak Room @ The Plaza, 10 Central Park South, 9pm–11:30pm, 10 dollars for a bar seat, 15 for a table (full service, and recommended), with a two drink minimum).
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MONDAY
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COMMUNITY: Community Garden Planning Meeting
http://times-up.org/calendar/detail.php?calendarid=2883
With the new parks and HPD rules, the city has taken a huge step backward. Community gardens in New York have thrived since the 2002 Spitzer Agreement, which preserved these precious green spaces. Yet, with the Preservation Agreement expiring on September 17, 2010, the city appears to have abandoned its efforts to preserve green spaces. With the new rules, all the gardens may now be legally transferred for development, rather than preserved. In the end, those involved with Times Up! and the garden movement urge the city to reject these rules and makes a final commitment to a green city by making all the gardens permanent once and for all. The group plans to organize to defend these precious spaces using a wide range of means, from legal advocacy to direct action. The group plans to stage a “Paul Revere” Group Bike Ride to the gardens next week to sound the alarm that the gardens are in danger. (156 Rivington Street, Manhattan, bet Clinton and Suffolk Streets, First Floor, 7p
m, FREE)
BURLESQUE: Criptease
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105889262796254
http://www.lepoissonrouge.com
Criptease will be a radical, joyful and uproarious night of sexy fun, striptease, and comedy, from performers with and without disabilities that like to push the boundaries of what crips are and aren’t meant to do. Monday July 26th is the 20th Anniversary of the American’s with Disabilities Act, and President Obama has declared it new day of celebration for all. In taking this day, we are hoping to make an annual antidote to charity posters everywhere, show a lot of T&A, and celebrate 20 years of the ADA by being as sexy as HELL. Hosted by Mat Sealboy Fraser and featuring Julie Atlas Muz, Nik Sin, Liz Carr, MsTickle, Tigger!, Greg Walloch, Lezlie Frye, Chris Harder, Queer Gimp Girl & DJ Momotaro. (Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleeker Street, Doors @ 6:30, 18 & over, $15 advance tickets, $20 at the door)
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TUESDAY
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COMEDY: The Raspberry Brothers tackle New Moon
http://raspberrybrothers.com/Raspberry_Brothers/Home.html
http://bk.knittingfactory.com/event-details/?tfly_event_id=12307
The Raspberry Brothers perform a live version of Mystery Science Theater, making fun of America’s favorite bad movies from the front row. This week they’ll be tackling New Moon. Have you guys seen Twilight? So bad it's so good. Guess what? New Moon, the sequel, is even badder. Which is goody good for all of us, if the Raspberry Brothers are involved. (The Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave, BK, 8pm, FREE)
PERFORMANCE: Gerrification
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127477177292908
http://dixonplace.org/index2.html
An interactive, multi-media show premiering at the 19th annual Hot! Festival, a celebration of queer culture and performance on the Lower East Side. The show, starring Gerry Visco, who is also the writer and director, will reveal the secret strategies Gerry Visco has used to become truly fabulous. She will put into action some of the methods she has used to become a style icon and nightlife personality with the audience and her cast members. She will demonstrate Gerrification, which is guaranteed to make you laugh and have a good time. Gerry Visco believes that feeling good and looking good is synonymous. Gerrification, her divine mission on planet earth, is an anti-gentrification global effort designed to bring joy and beauty to America and the world by inviting people to dress like her—by donning a characteristically outlandish platinum wig, cat-eye glasses, and bright clothing. The show celebrates individuality, non-conformism, outer beauty, fashion, pleasure, cosmetics, s
ocial interaction, partying, and plain old fun. (Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street bet Rivington & Delancey, 9pm, $10)
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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BURLESQUE: Storybook Burlesque Presents: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
http://storybookburlesque.com/
http://www.galapagosartspace.com/
After taking on the Greatest Story Ever Told with The Bible Show, Storybook Burlesque is back with a send up of (arguably) the greatest English writer, William Shakespeare. And what piece of work would be better for the sultry, lusty final days of July than “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”! A Play Within A Play Within a Burlesque show, featuring Jenny C'est Quoi, Magdalena Fox, BB Heart, Rosey La Rouge, Lefty Lucy, Cherry Magdalene, and Victoria Privates. To bring this twenty-one character play to life, each of the seven members of Storybook Burlesque will play multiple roles. Each performer will have one solo performance representing a major character in the play as well as a part in choreographed group numbers that use masks, puppetry, and a chorus of fairies to round out this Midsummer production that is sure to stay with you all season long. (Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main St., DUMBO, BK, 8pm, $10/adv, $15/door)
PARTY: Disaster! Fundraiser for Haiti
http://thegiddymultitudevaudeville.wordpress.com
http://www.houseofyes.org/
The Giddy Multitude examines disaster in it's many forms, and possibly develops solutions for all through the magic healing combination of burlesque, music, comedy, and circus arts. Featuring Miss Em, Junauda Petrus, Gideon Levy, Sweet Lorraine, Busty Kitten and Evangeline. All proceeds from this show will benefit KOFAVIV, a grassroots Haitian women's organization. (House of Yes, 342 Maujer St., BK, 8pm, $10
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UPCOMING
[Ticketed events likely to sell out and/or offering presale discounts]
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HOT TIPS
[Art opportunities, promotions, sales, news. Non-event ephemera...]
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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)
ART: Fall Residencies
http://www.fluxfactory.org/residency/apply/
Flux Factory is an artist-run not-for-profit organization that provides residencies and work spaces for 14 artists and organizes group exhibits in-house and worldwide as an arts collective. The premises include a gallery, a coworking office, a screen printing lab, and a wood shop. It also has a shared kitchen, library, and lots of great people. Residents benefit from an engaged and creative community, studio visits, monthly art salons, and exposure to a large community of creative collaborators who both maintain personal practices and also develop projects together. All residents have a voice in planning programming and sustaining the organization as a whole. We're looking for an artist, community member, and friend who enjoys being part of a wonderful and active social milieu, and has a willingness to work collaboratively and/or socially. All rooms have big windows and range from $550-700 per month plus utilities. Square footages range from 120-207. Residents must find their
own funding for their residency. (Applications are due on August 1st)
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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)
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)
ART: CityScapes
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)
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)
THEATER: International Cringe Fest ‘10
http://nyartists.org/festivals.html
A theater festival celebrating Bad Musicals, Bad Plays, and Bad Films, where the audience annually decides which shows get The Golden Pineapple, Silver Tomato, and Bronze Banana… and which actors get the Jack Lemons. This year’s festival, in the Grand Theatre features a disturbing series of oddly-named works that are, above all, mercifully short….and sometimes hilarious. (thru 8/8, Producers’ Club, 358 W. 44 St., various times, $25)
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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