Hello lovelies,
We are literally on the way to Burning Man, typing these few words in our last moments before leaving San Francisco for Reno for the Burn. This is Part 1 of your weekly listing -- Part 2, with next week's events, is coming late tonight. After that, we'll be off the digital radar completely until September 7.
That means: no reminders about tickets selling out for our pirate boat party on 9/11 until it may be too late. The last boat sold out a few days before the event. Please please don't miss out if you want to join us for one of these amazing dance party sails. Info below.
Also below: our makeout party, hosted via the "adult" sister brand House of Scorpio. We'll be sending you those notices via this list sporadically -- but HoS is really a separate entity, and its own list. Get on that if you want to be fully in the loop in the future.
Cheers,
Gemini & Scorpio
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OUR NEXT EVENT
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Gemini & Scorpio
present
Pirate Adventure on the High Seas
Saturday, Sep 11
Aboard tall ship Clipper City, Pier 17, South St Seaport, 21+
11:30pm - 2:30am boat party w/cruise, $30 adv/$40 dock (limited tix)
Official site: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
Tix: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/125007
FB: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119983424720665
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. 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: pirate, of course!
100 cruise tickets available for advance presale, 25 more at the door, first come, first served. We highly recommend buying your tickets early.
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OUR NEXT EVENT: 9/16
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House of Scorpio
presents
Lip Service
Thursday, Sep 16, 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=133420960036245
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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WEEKEND + WEEK
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FILM: ACEFEST
http://www.acefest.com/about
Celebrating the American Cinematic Experience. Throughout history, American film has raised the bar in a broad spectrum of elements, including technology, performance, style, innovation and experimentation. While filmmakers all across the globe continue to stun audiences with incredible cinematic masterpieces, our primary focus is on American-made works. From the backyard to the backlot, this country has harvested some of the most talented visionaries and storytellers known to man. ACEFEST is an annual celebration of these artists of the past, present and future. By providing a nurturing forum for domestic film and video, we magnify the focus on this country's creative voice. (Fri/Sat, see site for details)
*EVENT: New York City Unicycle Festival
http://nycunifest.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119246838095393
Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts, Inc. is producing this three-day event featuring a grand gathering on Governors Island on September 4. The festival features unicycle races and games, trials demonstrations, public shows, a long-dista...nce ride, and the largest group of one-wheeled enthusiasts ever to gather in the five boroughs. 2010 will be the first year of a festival that is intended to become an annual tradition for the Big Apple. Event highlights...Fri - mass ride over BK Bridge (3pm) to Grand Army Plaza (4pm) to Coney Island (6pm), with unicycling displays at Coney. Sat - main event: attempt unicycling for the first time, participate in games of unicycle basketball and hockey, and witness some of the most daring feats imagined by legends in the mono cycle world. Sun - Unicycle Club ride. (Fri-Sun, main event Sat, Governors Island, noon-5pm, FREE)
ART: Convergence NYC
http://convergencenyc.wordpress.com
Artists from across the world converge in NYC to present an epic exhibition benefitting families who have lost loved ones due to the Afghan and Iraq wars. During these three days the public is invited to enjoy art and live music, while getting the unique opportunity to meet and mingle with the over 70 participating artists. Fifty percent of all sales will be donated to the NY/NJ chapter of Operation Homefront. Operation Homefront provides emergency, financial and other assistance to the families of our service members and wounded warriors. A national nonprofit, Operation Homefront leads more than 4,500 volunteers across 23 chapters and has met more than 267,000 needs since 2002. With over 70 Artist and Performers, CONVERGENCE NYC is going to be an exhibition of grand artistic proportions. (Fri-Sun, Historic 69th Fighting Regiment’s Armory, 68 Lexington Ave @ 25th st, 9am-1am, FREE)
MUSIC: The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
http://www.summerstage.org/charlie_parker_jazz_festival.html
The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival annually assembles some of the finest musicians in the world who reflect Parker’s musical individuality and genius, to promote appreciation for this highly influential and world-renowned artist. The two days of free concerts take place in neighborhoods where Charlie Parker lived and worked. The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival featuring: McCOY TYNER, JASON MORAN AND THE BANDWAGON, THE JD ALLEN TRIO and REVIVE DA LIVE: CHARLIE PARKER REVISTED. (Sat: Marcus Garvey Park, W 121st East of Lenox Ave; Sun: Tompkins Square Park, 3-7pm, FREE)
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FRIDAY
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PERFORMANCE: Magical Exploding Boy
http://www.magicalexplodingboy.com
Dean Evans' rollicking Clown show from Chicago is being presented by the 2010 New York Fringe Festival. Darkly comical and completely wordless this one person show reaches beyond the limits of language to turn the conventions of Mime and Clown on their heads. From a child with mind control powers, to an amoeba struggling for life, to a man cast helplessly adrift in outer space, this unique new show transforms space to present an original story. Magical Exploding Boy is physical comedy that transcends the need for written word with a refreshingly offbeat and existential voice of its own. "...no less than a stunning tour de force." - New City. "...words cannot do this one-man clown show justice." - Loyola Phoenix. (4th Street Theatre, 83 East 4th Street, 4:45pm, $15)
MUSIC/SOCIAL DANCING: Nick Palumbo Swings!
http://www.barnine.com
Nick Palumbo & The Flipped Fedoras playing three sets of swing music and 50's rock n roll. Hardwood dance floor. Get there early for the swing dance lesson courtesy of Dance Manhattan included with admission. (Bar Nine, 807 Ninth Avenue bet 53-54 Streets, 7pm Swing Dance Lesson / 8pm music, $15)
ELECTRIC MOON DANCE: A Tribal Ritual!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141329989231396
Cave painting, witch doctors, drum circles, black light body painting, visuals and henna tattoos await you at this tribal dance party. Unleash your inner native and dance! Get down to some serious Electro, Hip Hop, House, and more provided by: RadOut! (Anton Glamb, Hirothajap, Skitsnygg, Rocky Business), WCKIDS (Mota NY/ Wealthy Ho$tage), DJ AK, YC the Cynic, Lazy L, Boychick, Digiwiz, and Visuals by Benjamin Cooke. (622 Degraw St. BK, 10pm, $10 at door without registration, $5 with registration on http://www.yodelscope.com/, FREE admission if you register and bring a drum)
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SATURDAY
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OUT-OF-TOWN: Heart & Soul Community Beach Party
http://www.thedancingpath.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143428302358795
A free dancing path event. What better way to spend the day then connecting with a conscious vibrant community celebrating at the beach together swimming. boogie boarding, and playing beach volleyball. Come with friends or come solo and leave w/new friends. (Long Beach, Long Island - only a 50 min train ride from NYC on the LIRR, noon till whenever, FREE)
EVENT: Greenpoint Studios water balloon fight fundraiser
http://greenpointopenstudios.org
Support greenpoint open studios with a good old-fashioned water balloon fight + have the chance to win cash money. (India st. mural, West St @ East River, 3pm, $10?)
PARTICIPATORY: The Convergence Parade
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149993855026515
March with us!! Four groups starting at four separate points will converge at the NY Armory to start off the CONVERGENCE NYC show with a bang! Bring instruments! Noisemakers! Each group comes decked out in one of four colors: purple green gold or silver. Each Team will be led by a parade leader! These parade leaders will make sure that we all CONVERGE at the Armory EXACTLY at 4pm, when the first band plays the first note to inaugurate the Public face of this arts festival. (Four locations to be disclosed, 3-10pm, FREE)
PARTY: Wit's End & The Dorothy Parker Society Present: Vamps & Vagabonds
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136882606350934
Get ready for an evening of hot jazz and flapper fun with tunes from Miss Cherry Delight & The Big Tent Jazz Band. It's their debut at Wit's End, and we're so thrilled to share them with you. FREE Dance Lesson begins at 830pm, and the band begins at 9pm. Check out our vintage cocktail menu for new temptations. DRESS CODE: 1910s-1940s vintage/vintage-inspired evening attire for ladies and gents...and this month only: hobos welcome. Prizes awarded for best hobo. All participants in our hobo contest will receive a free issue of Zelda : The Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau. (Flute Bar, 205 W 54th St, 7pm-12am, $12, 21+)
*MUSIC: The Machine
http://www.themachinelive.com
The Machine, America’s premier live Pink Floyd experience, extends the band’s enormous legacy through a multi-dimensional approach, faithfully recreating its timeless music while also reinventing it with interpretive jams. The Machine has forged a reputation for excellence and an intimate connection with their growing audience. Spin Magazine praises that The Machine “sound exactly like Pink Floyd” while Village Voice declares that “The Machine is dead-on.” The adoration continues from Bob Ezrin, the co-producer of Pink Floyd’s seminal album The Wall, “these guys are great!” The New York Times, Washington Post, and Philadelphia Inquirer have all chimed in on the precision performances of The Machine. [G&S note: yeah, we're total Pink Floyd dorks; been since our teenage rock days. If you are too, on any level, you will be blown away by these guys.] (Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave bet N. 11th and N. 12th, W'burg, BK, 9 pm, $15)
PARTY: Save Coney Island Fundraising Party
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107556495968141
We're throwing a Kooky Kegger for Coney. Save Coney Island, the organization that convinced the mayor to build the new Luna Park on the old Astroland site, still has much work to do before Coney Island is restored to its former glory. Here are some of the things we're working on: 1. Getting Coney's historic buildings land-marked and restored. 2. Getting the city to expand, maintain, and enforce the amusement only zoning in Coney's historic amusement district. 3. Getting the city to improve Coney's infrastructure to attract more tourists and amusement related business to the area. We need funds to keep up the good fight. If you would like to help the cause while having some beers with friends, please come on down to the party. Cheap shots and mixed drinks. (Astoria, Ditmars Blvd / RSVP for exact address: FB or bkkalish at gmail, 10pm-1am, $15/Cropsey Level, $25/Neptune Level, $50 Mermaid Level, $100 Surf Level)
DJ/DANCING: The Brooklyn Zoo 3: The Escape
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150467504979857
Final piece of the trilogy of our legendary summer parties; escape with us to find our wild side. Take part in a huge warehouse of fun and mischief, with secret rooms and two large dance floors. Take a nice break in our backyard pit or the large roof and talk amongst yourselves. The music will be loud and glorious. We will captivate all genres of music from electro to reggae, from house to hip hop, salsa to techno. Sounds By: Jane Bang, ATOM C, HELLFIRE MACHINA, Dj Steve Nieves, WcKids, Anton Glamb, DJ Shakey and DJ Barney Iller, Hiro Tha Jap, Cobra Krames, DJ SAV. This is an underground party. An escape from the real world, no limits. Be respectful to one another, and property. [G&S note: classic dirty BK rave-y loft party with DJs & a young crowd. If you like that sort of thing.] (Castle V, via FB RSVP / message day before event, 10pm-5am, $10 for Ladies / $15 for Guys before 12:30am, 18+ w/ID)
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SUNDAY
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EVENT: First Annual Gowanus Block Party - Motorcycle, Car and Art Show
http://jupitersnyc.blogspot.com/2010/08/first-annual-gowanus-8th-street-block.html
Come see NYC’s finest exotic cars provided by the Classic Car Club of Manhattan – get up close to your dream ride or bring your own classic/exotic car or motorcycle and be entered to WIN a FREE “Motorcycle for a Weekend” from Jupiter’s Motorcycles. Other prizes include discounts at Motorcycle Federation, NYC’s ultimate motorcycle fashion destination or giveaways of the latest motorcycle gear from REVIT. The Brooklyn Artist Gym Members will also be displaying and selling their art along with the Annual Gowanus Artist Studio Tour (AGAST) who will be providing Beer to raise money for their upcoming Art Tour. FREE Live Music provided by King Killer Studio’s musicians with the support of local business Great Green Cleaning. Block Party Games will include a Kid’s Tricycle Racing Track, Cornhole, and a Human Foosball Tournament as well as fare provided by Local Food Vendors. [G&S note: *hate* the PR speak. But cool chance to see interesting rides.] (8th St bet 2rd and 3rd Ave, Gowan
us, BK, 10am-4pm, FREE; afterparty at Littlefield, 622 Degraw, 4pm-10pm, FREE)
*PERFORMANCE: The Schlapentickle Family's Burlesque & Revue
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=145271348817636
The Schlapentickle Family presents theatrical cabaret-burlesque that’s so over the top you’ll want to take yours off! Mixing drool-inducing, smart strip-tease, stinging comedy, the magic of sideshow, and live ragtime music, the Schlapentickle Family promises an evening that will make you swear your family’s normal. The cast includes the wildest acts straight from the East Coast’s most respected burlesque and sideshow houses, including the raunchy ragtime revivalist Sabrina Chap, the devilish undulations of burlesque star Paco Fish, hot new cherry-bomb burlesque siren, Marla Meringue, and the sideshow stylings of Miss Pussykatt! Featuring comedic Burlesque sex bomb Lefty Lucy! (Parkside Lounge, 317 E. Houston St. NY, 11:30pm, $10)
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MONDAY
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**FILM: Animators The Brothers Quays Have Watched and Other Likely Things
http://observatoryroom.org/2010/08/09/quays/
A collection of short films presented by SVA’s Thyrza Nichols Goodeve. Although The Brothers Quay are a union of imagination completely their own, they have been influenced by specific Eastern European animators. Thyrza Nichols Goodeve will present a selection of films from Walerian Borowczyk, Jan Lenica, Priit Pärn, Yuri Norstein, and Igor Kovalyov followed by various animations from the Polish and Zagreb school who might sit happily, albeit covered with dust, inside a Quay-esque universe. Thyrza Nichols Goodeve is a writer and interviewer active in the field of contemporary art and culture. She is on the School of Visual Arts faculty, active in the MFA Art Writing and Criticism Program, the art history program, and the masters computer art and film programs. She teaches also in the MFA Digital + Media Program at the Rhode Island School of Design and is the program co-ordinator for the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) “MICA in NYC (DUMBO)” Summer Intensive program in
Brooklyn, New York. (Observatory, 543 Union St BK [Enter through Proteus Gowanus off Nevins, Buzzer 1E], 8pm, $5)
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ONGOING
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MUSICAL: Shine - A Burlesque Musical at the New York Fringe
www.shinemusical.com
Internationally-acclaimed comedy cabaret duo The Wet Spots present 5 performances of “Shine”. A recent winner of a Vancouver Ovation Award for Outstanding New Work, “Shine” is a tassel-twirling original, full-book musical about an infamous burlesque theatre and the family of talented misfits who try to save it from demolition… or worse, respectability. At the crumbling but historic Aristocrat theatre, Shine Mionne and her chosen family of sexpots and misfits struggle to save the theatre from imminent gentrification in the guise of smooth-talking money man Richard Suit. Along the way Frankie, the newbie actor from out of town, and Grace, the dimpled graduate student who can't seem to keep her clothes on, are drawn into the vortex of life at The Aristocrat by a diva named Lulu. As Suit and Shine fight for control of the show, Lulu finds her leading-lady status jeopardized by Suit's meddling and a series of whirlwind affairs threatens to throw the impending opening into chaos.
(thru 8/28, La Mama, 74A East 4th St, check website for showtimes, 18+, $15)
THEATER: Macbeth and Triumph of Love
http://www.reddtale.org/
Redd Tale Theatre Company is proud to present these two critically acclaimed productions. RTTC prides itself in taking a piece of text and adding its signature "spin" of the supernatural/creepy, and these shows are no exception: living statues, dead coming to life, and men in utilikilts. This tightly edited version of Macbeth hones in on the ruthlessness of ambition. RTTC examines the play’s theme of grasping for power while adding RTTC’s tradition of making the audience shudder by bringing unexpected objects to life. The Triumph of Love takes the original 18th century French farce and throws in a healthy dose of RTTC’s signature sci-fi twist. Princess Leonide had barely won the Prince’s heart when he and everyone they both held dear were killed. In desperation, she hires the help of a sorceress to bring her love back from the dead, but in order to do so she must prove to the powers above that she’s worthy of such a gift. Use the discount code BURNER online. (thru 8/28, Nicu'
s Spoon Theatre,
38 West 38th Street
5th Floor
bet 5ve Ave and Avenue of Americas, various times, $15 or $10 w/discount code)
***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)
***PERFORMANCE: New York International Fringe Festival
http://www.fringenyc.org
FringeNYC is the largest multi-arts festival in North America, with more than 200 companies from all over the world performing for 16 days in more than 20 venues. In addition to 1200 incredible performances. [G&S note: we'll be listing individual Fringe shows, but can't possibly cover the whole fest.] (thru 8/29, see site for full info)
*CIRCUS/COMEDY: The Rotten Plantains
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149150848430882
Never before have you seen such a gathering of clowns, comedians, and a Brazilian alcoholic take the stage. A mix of clowns and circus, cultures and experiences, together, form this new comedy show. From Cirque du Soleil's Varekai/ Love/Banana Shpeel/Dralion, Jean Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs, Franco Dragone's Le Reve, and the Betty Ford Clinic - comes this flawlessly rehearsed production of beautiful idiots attempting to make you laugh. This is the beginning of their collaboration together, and after these final 8 shows, will plan their world tour - from NYC, London, Paris, Rio, Calcutta, Nigeria, Osasco (SP), Australia, Beirut, and the Netherlands. Come join in on this ground-breaking event. (thru 8/29, 45 Bleecker Theatre, 10:30pm, $15)
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)
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 summer, Animazing Gallery, 461 Broome Street, (bet Greene and Mercer), FRE
E)
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)
PHOTO: David LaChapelle: American Jesus
http://www.paulkasmingallery.com/exhibitions/2010-07-13_david-lachapelle/
David LaChapelle's most recent solo show in New York since 2008. LaChapelle draws on an immense lexicon of art historical references, current events, and popular culture, to make visually compelling images each unique in their narrative and evocative content. LaChapelle's photographs typically begin with a series of compositional graphite drawings, collages, watercolors, and mixed media sketches—a little known facet of his artistic process. This exhibition will allow viewers the opportunity to examine LaChapelle's artistic process, from conception to the completed works. (thru 9/18, Paul Kasmin Gallery, 293 10th Ave at 27th St, FREE)
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