Hello lovelies,
We're just 24 hours away from one of our most spectacular events this year. There's a most definite buzz in the air, and is that a rustle of your most dazzling outfit we hear coming from your closet? Tomorrow is the night to break it out. We'll have lots of photographers & videographers covering the night; be ready. The RSVP list will close by 6pm tomorrow. After that, it's $20 at the door to get in.
If you're still in a party mood once The Lost Circus is over, there are two fabulous late (late) night options, The Danger's Life of Fire and Kostume Kult's Freakkshow, both listed below, and both going till morning. We'll likely join you there once we're done.
Cheers,
Gemini & Scorpio
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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, 11:30pm-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. And announcing our secret guest: circus composer Sxip Shirey, on his last night before he leaves NYC.
The circus unfolds to the bands and in between: mind-bending contortion by Jonathan Nosan, aerial dance by Madeline Hoak and Michelle Arvin; 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. A living sculpture of bondage, beauty, and light by The Baroness. Beautiful costumed creatures perform feats of fire in the courtyard. Dusty circus visuals by VJ Sebastian Masuelli 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 work by Molly Crabapple.
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
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. (Fri-Sun, ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St, 8pm, $10)
SHOPPING: Pop-Up Thrift Shop
http://thepandanyc.com/Panda_Site/Calendar.html
Fashion stylist Renata Abbade and her industry pals spent years digging through flea markets and sample sales for stellar vintage pieces. Now, they're turning them over to you. Men's and women's clothing, plus jewelry and accessories from Marni, YSL, Givenchy, Christian Lacroix, and VPL starting at $1. (Fri-Sun, Panda, 139 Chrystie St. bet Grand St & Broome St, 2pm-9pm, FREE)
MUSIC: 6th International Human Beatbox Convention
http://www.beatboxconvention.com/events/usa/boxcon2010/boxcon2010.php
The International Human Beatbox Convention, or Boxcon, is the premiere event in the beatbox calendar. Beatboxers travel from across the globe to meet like minded artists, take part in open mics, listen to talks and panels, and to enjoy the workshops. (Sat 10am-12am, Sun 12pm-5pm, Littlefield, 622 Degraw St, Gowanus, BK, $35-85)
INSTALLATION: The Hut Project
http://www.nyas.org/Events/SCDetail.aspx?cid=8eaa99de-8c70-4746-a1c8-b86ccb8b9ff0
An ongoing series of site-specific activities in which themes of sustainability, shelter, real estate, and nature intersect. Starting last winter, I began building a series of huts from found and re-purposed materials. Each one is at the same time a structure, a sculpture, and an experiment in subsistence living. Each hut acts as a catalyst for different activities, collaborations, and dialogues. (Sun-Tue, The Border, 1 Grattan Street/corner of Bogart, 2nd floor, Studio #221, Bushwick, BK, FREE)
PERFORMANCE: Poe (...and the museum of lost arts)
http://www.elisekermani.com/Poe.html
Though the two never met in life, Charles Baudelaire (Rinde Eckert), the brilliant French poet was obsessed with Edgar Allan Poe (Theo Bleckmann). Accompanied, and vexed, by Techne (Pamela Z), the capricious goddess of invention, Baudelaire emerges in modern day lower Manhattan determined to find the truth, and to tell the story, of his artistic brother and soul mate. (Tue-Sat 7:30PM, Sun 2:30PM, 3LD Art and Technology Center, 80 Greenwich St, Tue $50, Wed-Sun $25)
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FRIDAY
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PARTY: Wit's End - Un Souvenir De Paris
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=128741803831035&ref=ts
Come for some hot gypsy jazz that will keep those feet movin' all night! Resident dance instructors Jeri Lynn Astra and Neal Groothuis offer up a FREE beginner dance lesson and come early for free hors d'oeuvres compliments of Flute. Best dressed of the evening will win gorgeous mineral eyeshadows from our friends at Sweet Libertine and you can always get your copy of Zelda: The Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau. Dress Code: No casual attire is permitted - 1910s-1940s vintage/vintage-inspired is encouraged! (Flute Bar, 205 West 54th St, NY, NY, 7pm, $12)
FILM: Animation Block Party
http://www.rooftopfilms.com/2010/schedule/32-animation-block-party
NYC-based Animation Block Party is dedicated to exhibiting the world's best independent, professional and student animation. The summer of 2010 will mark the seventh annual Animation Block Party film festival. ABP has quickly become the premiere animation festival on the East Coast, showcasing the world's best student, professional and independent shorts of all genres. For the past five years, the ABP festival has opened at Rooftop Films. The ABP-Rooftop experience offers a big-screen simulcast of animation on both lawns at the Automotive High School. This year, ABP will open on July 30th at Rooftop Films and then continue on July 31st and August 1st at Bam Cinematek. Every evening will feature an awesome after party with free drinks. In case of rain, the screening will be held indoors at the same location. (The lawn of Automotive High School, 50 Bedford Ave @ N. 13th Street, Brooklyn, 8pm, $10)
VARIETY: Girl on A Red Velvet Swing
http://slipperroom.com/2010/07/the-girl-on-the-red-velvet-swing-20
The evening's entertainment will include performances by Veronica Varlow, Gal Friday, Dee Dee Luxe, Mat Fraiser and other special guests.The show will be hosted by James Habacker in the guise of reprehensible gaslight club-owner Mr. Choade, with live musical accompaniment from Greg Garing and his All-Star Band. Special Musical Guest Shien Lee. A new monthly Friday event at the storied Players on Grammercy Park South. The players, a private club founded in the 1880's by Edwin Booth, Mark Twain, Techumsa Sherman and others, is a charming example of old New York bohemian elegance. Designed by Stanford White, it's the perfect place for this elegant soiree. (The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South NY, NY 10003, Doors @ 8pm, $20/ $15 with password "Tesla")
TALK: Diableries, Medical Oddities, and Ghosts in Amazing Victorian 3D
http://observatoryroom.org/2010/06/26/diableries
A night of unique 3D stereo-views from the 1800s featuring haunting double exposure ghost images, disturbing medical anomalies and the ever elusive French Diableries (or devil tissues) by filmmaker and collector Ronni Thomas. 3D is very much in the news these days, and while Hollywood has finally come close to perfecting this technology for the silver screen, people are largely unaware that the Victorians were also aficionados of 3D technologies, and that this interest often took a turn towards the macabre. Tonight, Ronni Thomas will lecture on the history of macabre 3D spectacles of the Victorian age, especially the infamous Diableries series–masterfully designed 3D stereo 'tissues' created in France in the 19th century, backlit and featuring ornate scenes depicting the daily life of Satan in Hell. Tongue in cheek and often controversial, these macabre spectacles give us a very interesting look at the 19th century's lighthearted obsession with death and the macabre, serving
as a wonderful demonstration of the Victorian fascination with themes such as the afterlife, heaven, hell and death. In addition to the lecture, Thomas will display original Diableries and other artifacts from his own collection. Guests are encouraged to bring their own pieces and, better yet, a stereo-viewer. (Observatory: 543 Union Street [at Nevins], Gowanus, BK, 8pm, $5)
DJ/DANCING: BAssCatcher
https://urbancabaret.ticketleap.com/basscatcher
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=134157123272825
West Coast meets East Coast in a world fusion of sound. Steaming up things with a sticky-eclectic mix of breaks and dubstep to make you sweat this sizzling summer. Catch the Eastern-influenced waves with David Starfire, the Bhangra breaks/dubstep master, the habanero spicy Latin flavor from non other than El Papa Chango, the red, green and gold beats of Liondub , and Joro Boro's upbeat Baltic sounds. And then we add the art and the performers, and we create a world were circus, steampunk and tribal collide. (Castle Vox, 99 Richardson St., Wburg, BK, 10pm-4am, $10/adv, $15/door)
VARIETY: Karnival Of Kuriosities
http://www.houseofyes.org
In the age of the glamorous cirque-style spectacle, anarchy and rebellion are often forgotten. The word "carnival" itself is associated with scantily-clad showgirls, while its roots in the "carnal" are neglected. This disaster of a show will feature things that aren't even possible. (Unfortunately we had to comply with House of Yes' rules, and throw in a few scantily clad showgirls anyways just to keep ‘em happy.)Starring: Albert Cadabra - The Great Deceiver who eats razor blades, hammers spikes into his face, and electrocutes himself with 20,000 volts of electricity for fun, Betty Bloomerz who uses the snake like contortion of her mysterious innards to pull a massive 27" sword blade deep into her petite 5'4"body amongst other things, Anya Sapozhnikova, everyone's favorite whiskey guzzling aerialist slut, Vermont Joy Parade is a six piece brass band hailing from Burlington providing the dance party into the wee hours playing a fervent and eclectic blend of old-time, blues, di
xieland, Cajun, jug, and klezmer. (The House of Yes, 342 Maujer St., Bushwick, BK, Doors at 11, show at 11:30, $10)
PARTY: Barbie's Steamy Summer Soiree
http://eventful.com/brooklyn/events/masquerade-presents-barbies-steamy-summer-soiree-/E0-001-032259109-0
Come out to BarbieLand, and party in Barbie's Dreamhouse with all of your friends. Maybe you'll even meet your Ken? This is your chance to romp around in your favorite Barbie outfit, or to dream up your very own Barbie creation. You can even take a photo in a life-size Barbie Box. Be creative and dress to impress. Prize for best costume. (Union Hall, 702 Union St @ 5th Ave, Park Slope, BK, 11:30pm, $5)
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SATURDAY
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VARIETY: The Coney Island Talent Show
www.thirstygirlproductions.com
Coney Island's talent and entertainment history runs deep. Since the late 1800's, live music, sideshows and burlesque shows have peppered the boardwalk to the midway, and enchanted the masses. It is the perfect, magical and mystical place for a talent show. Join Hostess Miss Saturn, The World Famous *BOB*and the fanfare of legendary talent that has come out of Coney Island, by being a part of the first ever Coney Island Talent Show. Categories are: 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; Sassy Seniors, 60 and up.(Coney Island boardwalk, btwn 10th and 12th st, Sat, 4pm-8pm, FREE)
MUSIC: Black Sea Hotel and Veveritse Brass Band
http://www.jalopy.biz
Black Sea Hotel transforms songs typically sung by larger choirs, solo or two voices for a quartet. With this orientation, Black Sea Hotel began writing their own arrangements of traditional melodies. With deep reverence to other arranging styles in the canon, they've found new ways to use melody, harmony and rhythm to tell ancient stories. Veveritse Brass Band finds its inspiration in the drama of the Romany(Gypsy) music of the Balkans. With an eye to the powerful exactitude of these melodies, Veveritse makes room for play. Slippery, squirrelly even, they may start off running almost too fast, only to drop the bottom out; what begins sonorous and jagged straightens up, and carries you into the night....dancing, sighing. With two trumpets, a saxophone, four mid-horns, a tuba and two drummers, they are ten deep, creating not a wall of sound, but a loud tapestry. (Jalopy Theater, 315 Columbia Street Brooklyn, 9pm, $10)
PARTY: HiChristina Bikini Melt
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141661272528832
At last. HiChristina finally brings together hot bikini clad dance party and delicious grilled cheese sandwiches. (I know, it's been WAY TOO LONG!)Tonight we dance... and wear our favorite summer ocean attire.... and eat grilled cheese sandwiches, all during such sideshows as: belly ice melting contest "how long can you last," sun gun tanning salon "uv free," foreman grill foreplay "low calorie and spicy hot," Move it!, the made-up dance move exchange program "everyone's the new kid in class." Dance the night away, watch and play with speedos and cheetos. All these perfect elements coalesce into the most magnificent cheese filled, bathing suit wearing, fake tanning night you've ever had, and no doubt will ever have. Featuring DJ Glitter Girls. byob & boyc (cheese). Fritz and Christina will supply bread and everything else. Cardboard clothing okay too. (HiChristina!, 163 Eldridge St, 10pm, $10)
*PARTY: TheDanger's Life of Fire
http://www.lifeoffire.com
You are invited to an all-night exploration of riotous performance, sculpture lit by flames and all-night djs nestled within three cavernous warehouses in the heart of Brooklyn. The experience begins in a 117-year old former brewery, continues two blocks away in three floors of a former furniture factory ...and ends with the sunrise in a former garment factory with two gorgeous floors and a wide open courtyard. (Beginning at: 260 Meserole St., Bushwick, BK, 7pm-7am, $15 before 9:15pm, $20 after, Strictly 21+)
*PARTY: Kostume Kult's FreaKKshow 3
http://www.kostumekult.com/events/freakkshow3/
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118346204877080
A 24-hour artistic experience in a unique Brooklyn location in support of Kostume Kult's Libertine Lounge at Burning Man where everyone's inner freaks are invited to come out and play. Its olde-school circus meet futuristic fabulousness where community members create a variety of sideshow attractions and other interactive performances. All absurd notions and divine inspirations are welcome. Come during the day for the music, barbecue and crafting and stay for madness that will follow. The theme is freakky carnivale, county fair, sideshow, busker style roving performance, gorilla theater...anything goes! (Barcade, 388 Union Ave, BK, Noon til Noon, $15 adv/$20 door)
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SUNDAY
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DRINKS: Breuckelen Distilling Grand Opening
http://brkgin.com/wordpress/
Breuckelen Distilling is an artisan distillery handcrafting our delicious gin from organic New York grains entirely within our Brooklyn location. According to Estabrooke, this is the first time that gin has been bottled in New York City since Prohibition—well, legally anyway. Our tasting room will be open for tastings, bottle sales, and distillery tours. (Breuckelen Distilling, 77 19th St, BK, 12-6pm, FREE)
MUSIC: Vagabond Opera
http://vagabondopera.com
"A Vagabond Opera show is a chance to time-travel. Specifically, to 1920s Paris. On a riverboat. With a glass of absinthe in one hand and a long cigarette holder in the other. And — why not? — chatting with Josephine Baker." -Washington Post. Hailing from Portland, OR, Vagabond Opera pumps life into opera with the bellows of an untamed Romanian accordion, re-invents it, and accomplishes the near-impossible. Featuring trained operatic vocals, theatrics and songs in 15 languages. (Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street b/n Astor Place and W. 4th Street, 9:30pm, $15)
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MONDAY
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ART: Living Pavilion Exhibition Opening
http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=2108
http://builtecology.blogspot.com/search/label/pavilion
This exhibition showcases the full design process behind the FIGMENT/ENYA/SEAoNY Living Pavilion, from jury day through construction, highlighting the many phases and celebrating the numerous volunteers who worked to put this project together. The FIGMENT/ ENYA/ SEAoNY Living Pavilion is a sustainable structure installed on Governors Island for the summer 2010 season as a temporary central gathering and assembly site for arts activity on the island. Designed by Ann Ha, Assoc. AIA, and Behrang Behin, Assoc. AIA, the pavilion is the culmination of an international design competition co-hosted by the arts organization FIGMENT, the AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA), and the Structural Engineering Association of New York (SEAoNY). (The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NY, NY 10012, 6:30-8:30pm, FREE)
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THURSDAY
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BURLESQUE: Gimme Some Sugar, Baby Bruce Campbell Burlesque
Casino O'Fortune Cookie Productions presents the world's first all striptease, fire-eating, bald-magician tribute to Bruce Campbell, B-movie cult hero and hilarious horror movie icon, as part of the 15th annual Burlesque at the Beach series on the historic Coney Island sideshow stage. Bruce Campbell is the star of dozens of low budget classics from Maniac Cop to Bubba Ho-Tep, cameo artiste in every Spiderman movie and small screen powerhouse in shows ranging from Xena: Warrior Princess to The Adventures of Brisco County. This night of all new performances dedicated to his famous characters will star Anita Cookie and Clams Casino and emcee Neil O'Fortune and will feature performances by Jezebel Express; Sizzle Dizzle and Velocity Chyaldd; sideshow magic by Albert Cadabra; and world class fire eating by Reina Terror. (Coney Island, 1208 Surf Ave, BK, 9pm, $10)
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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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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)
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)
ART: Conscious Cycle
http://figmentproject.org/2010/2010/07/upcoming-figment-events/
Conscious Cycle is a filmed interactive art event that brings artists and community members together in an effort to explore, educate, and learn about Conscious living and life's Cyclical nature. Conscious Cycle consists of the following: We reclaim discarded wood, build a wall out of it and invite artists to paint the wall, one after the other, while being filmed for a time-lapse movie. Mural themes revolve around Consciousness and Cycles. Throughout the event djs play music, dancers perform, internal artists like yogis and tai chi practitioners teach and demonstrate, artists collaborate, and community members are encouraged to interact with the materials and us. This is the 8th Conscious Cycle, which has been creating their interactive art environment since 2008. (thru Sun, Roosevelt Island, 12-5pm, 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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