Hello lovelies,
OK, then - listings, part 2. Incomplete, of course, but it's the best we can do with one foot in the dust :)
As we said in the last email, we're off the grid till 9/9.
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 (a kissing & cocktails party)
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, SEP 3-9
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MUSIC/SOCIAL DANCING: Gypsy Jam Weekend
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128186933866995
https://sites.google.com/site/gypsyjamweekend/dance-party-tickets
The world class lindy hop instructors, Alice Mei and Thomas Blacharz, are coming to Big Apple to teach two-day intermediate/advanced Lindy Hop intensives: a rare opportunity to learn from these two extraordinary dancers with unique musical styling and superb techniques. The weekend will also feature 3 nights of dance parties with phenomenal gypsy/hot jazz bands. Friday: LOWER EAST SIDE HOT CLUB - be ready to be blown away with their intensely beautiful gypsy jazz music. Saturday - let GRAND ST. STOMPERS take you to the streets of New Orleans! (hosted by Swing Remix). Sunday - Baby Soda Jazz Band (hosted by Avalon Jazz Productions). Their tight swinging music will keep your feet tapping. Strictly Lindy competition is planned. (various loc/times, see site for details, $40 for weekend / indiv events vary)
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FRIDAY, SEP 3
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OPENING: A Tiny Simulacrum of Something Profound
http://www.artanagnorisis.com
http://www.jefffaerber.com
A new exhibit of works by artist and illustrator, Jeff Faerber. With a nod to the pop surreal, the figures in Jeff's works are reminiscent of Egon Schiele's: thin and bony, yet more mischievous than melancholy. Many of his works wax political with portraits of the most familiar talking heads of our times, while Jeff also explores his love for life, erotica and his environs with an eclectic mixture of subjects and emotions. Jeff is an accomplished illustrator and has worked with a wide variety of clients and collectors. His work is versatile having been tattooed on sexy Suicide Girls as well as gracing the cover of Three Days' Grace's first album (really sorry for the bad pun). Reception will feature music and drink specials, plus some special guests. (show thru 9/23, White Rabbit Space, 145 East Houston St, reception 7-10pm, FREE)
BURLESQUE: Doc Wasabassco's BURLESQUE
http://citywinery.com/events/104334
http://wasabassco.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=147144298644122
A showcase of the best burlesque performers in NY as they were always meant to be seen: The best, brightest, sexiest and most innovative live performers on a large and beautiful stage, in an elegant space worthy of their talents...and your attendance. Starring Burlesque Sensations: GiGi La Femme, Harvest Moon, Legs Malone, Lefty Lucy, Nasty Canasta, Nelson Lugo, Ruby Valentine, Sapphire Jones & Doc Wasabassco. (City Winery, 155 Varick St, 11:30pm, $10)
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SATURDAY, SEP 4
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EVENT: Wonder Wheel's 90th Birthday Celebration
http://www.WonderWheel.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113921885327949
Join us for a grand celebration of Deno's Wonder Wheel's 90th Birthday with live music, great performances and prizes. Featuring Live music by The Hungry March Band, The Banjo Rascals & Curtis Eller, with performances by Coney Island Talent Show winners:
Phineas, Jason Perez, The Minsky Sisters, M'Lady Uppercrust & The Amazing Amy.
Also renowned performers The Wau Wau Sisters, Miss Saturn, The Maine Attraction, Darlinda Just Darlinda & The Animal Crackers. Hosted By The World Famous *BOB*. Plus Clowns, Face painters, stilt walkers and more. All those who ride the amazing NYC Landmark Deno's Wonder Wheel will receive a FREE Wonder Wheel 90th Anniversary collectible button. (Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, Boardwalk at W. 12th St, 4-8pm, FREE)
MULTIMEDIA: Epic Emergency 2
http://gratuitousartproductions.com/press-event/upcoming-events/
http://www.panoplylab.org/performancy.php
Join us as we explore intersections in contemporary performance practices, facilitate informal peer feedback on works in progress, and work to create a community of conscious, post-product-based working artists. See the working cut of "Mastering the Minds of Men." Plus: Brian Rady, Hyatt Michaels, Mariana Valencia, Meghann Snow. This PERFORMANCY FORUM, the fifth curated by the Panoply Performance Laboratory's Esther Neff and Brian McCorkle at Surreal Estate, includes hybrid performance art and video works. BYOB or $2 PBR (proceeds to the arts and activism collective and performance space, Surreal Estate). (Surreal Estate, 15 Thames St, Bushwick, BK, 8pm, sugg don $5)
***PARTY: Stranded III: The Forbidden City
http://www.wandbnyc.com
FB: wandbnyc.com/forbiddenfb
A clandestine metropolis of dynastic grandeur and libertine attractions. Dare you enter the Forbidden City and risk leaving the mundane world behind for good? Winkel & Balktick events are community projects that are created by a group of artists, volunteers and other merrymakers. If you like what you've seen or expect from us, we welcome you to join our ranks. We are seeking art projects, performances, music, general volunteers and event/theater/film production professionals. RSVP and questions to info at wandbnyc. [G&S note: "stranded" as in, not at Burning Man. So this dynamic duo creates a replacement celebration in NYC. Can't recommend enough. In fact, volunteer.] (At a palatial warehouse in Brooklyn, lineup, pricing and details TBA)
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TUESDAY, SEP 7
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TALK: The Body at Blythe
http://observatoryroom.org/2010/08/23/blythe
Join Lisa O'Sullivan, Senior Curator of Medicine at the Science Museum, London for a behind-the-scenes look at the Museum stores. As is the case for many large museums, only about 5% of the Science Museum's objects are ever on display. This is an opportunity to see some of the other 95% - as photographed by Morbid Anatomy's Joanna Ebenstein on a recent visit. The Museum's ‘small objects', all 203,000 of them, are stored at Blythe house. Over 100,000 of these artefacts are medical, the majority from the Wellcome collection: over 30 rooms hold objects from Roman votives to mediaeval saints, x-ray machines, etc. Lisa will conduct a virtual tour of some of the rooms, highlight some of her – anatomical – favourites amongst the objects, and take questions about life ‘backstage' at the Museum. Lisa O'Sullivan curates the Wellcome collections for the Museum. She is responsible for the anatomical collections, and all issues relating to human remains in the museum. (Observatory, 543 Un
ion St, enter through Proteus Gowanus off Nevins, 8pm, $5)
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WEDNESDAY, SEP 8
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ART: G Train Salon
http://www.gtrainsalon.blogspot.com
http://jaehiahn.com
We'll be opening the season with Jae Hi's creepy-crawly installation. Ever since its debut in a living room on Flatbush Avenue, the “G-Train Salon,” has introduced various audiences to emerging artists through conversation and inquiry. Harnessing the intimacy and accessibility of the salons of yore, this interactive exhibition series continues to thrive on its journey to a variety of offbeat locales throughout Brooklyn – and Queens as of this fall. Each month, we curate a solo exhibition in conjunction with one of our community partners and the featured artist inaugurates the show with an open-ended discussion with the audience. (Urban Alchemist Design Collective Store, 343 5th St, Park Slope, BK, FREE)
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THURSDAY, SEP 9
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BURLESQUE: Melody Sweets & The Ladies of La Rouge Coquette
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=145923452097061
Exploding from the city that never sleeps comes Rouge Coquette, a sexy, sophisticated new show brought to you by the hottest names in Burlesque. Prepare yourself for an unforgettable evening of music, dinner, drinks and burlesque nouveau with an all-star, award winning cast starring...The Shimmering Chanteuse MELODY SWEETS & her bevy of Glamour-puss performers: The World Famous Pontani Sisters (Miss Exotic World 2008 ANGIE PONTANI, The Tappin' Tornado HELEN PONTANI), The Mystical Mistress of Tease MS TICKLE, The Bendable Beauty HARVEST MOON, The Nubian Lucille Ball of Burlesque theMAINEattraction, The Naked Girl of burlesque STORMY LEATHER, SATINE RISQUE, & co host MATT MOHR as Father Time. Plus, get a sneak peek at history's first burlesque music video, written & produced by Melody Sweets, before it's official fall release with an exclusive screening of 'Slice of Heaven', UNCENSORED. "Spicy" -Paper Magazine. "...Ready to explode in a big way!" -Penthouse Forum. (Le Poisson R
ouge, 158 Bleecker, 7pm doors/ 8pm show, $15 adv / $20 door/ $25 VIP seating, 18+)
THEATER: Medieval Characteristics work-in-progress reading
http://www.thetanknyc.com
Featuring Austin Tidwell as Pox Ian Quinlan as Scratch, MEDIEVAL CHARACTERISTICS tells the story of everday roommates Scratch the Jester and Pox the Executioner. Drinking beers, baking muffins, complaining about work. Only that their jobs consist of humiliating themselves around the gentry and cutting off heads, respectively. Everything changes when they decide to switch jobs, only for a day. In this poignant and dark comedy the consequences of humor and honor, discipline and punishment are challenged and put to the test with the help of one of the quirkiest odd couples you'll ever meet. Join us for an intimate reading of this show and catch a glimpse of this exciting new work in progress. "Pox - am I gonna kill people?" "Yeah, but I'm gonna make them laugh!" (The Tank, 354 W. 45th Street, 7:30pm, $5)
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ONGOING
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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)
THEATER: New York Clown Theatre Festival
http://www.bricktheater.com
The Brick Theater, Inc., presenter of the first festival of Clown Theatre in New York in over 20 years in 2006, brings the festival back this fall as the 2010 New York Clown Theatre Festival. This year's festival will feature diverse clown theatre artists from the Ukraine, Israel, Wales, Mexico, Canada, and across the United States from California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Oregon, Chicago and New York City. The festival will present 17 mainstage shows, 4 kid-friendly shows, 1 street show, and 5 cabarets, including a cabaret devoted to clowns over 50. The festival begins on September 3 with its traditional opening day parade from Union Square through the L line subway to Williamsburg, followed by an open-to-the-public pie fight at The Brick Theater. And it closes on September 26 with the traditional closing day Funeral, with clowns weeping and wailing in the streets of Williamsburg. (9/3-26, The Brick, 575 Metropolitan Ave bet Union and Lorimer, Wburg, BK, $15).
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