Date: July 17th 2015

Hello lovelies,

Are you ready to get down, 1980s style? We've got lasers, smoke, popcorn, SIX HOURS of classic MTV music videos, and one very special photo booth. If you want to participate in our trivia quiz show, please remember to arrive by 9:45pm and find Miss Scorpio near the stage. Drinks and movie DVDs are the prizes.

We've also put tickets on sale for our next event, the JaNk! surreal dance party with Sxip Shirey on Aug 7: http://www.jank.brownpapertickets.com (may be wobbly on mobile, but works from desktop)

And a special gift from a friend: you may recall that we co-produced Cynthia von Buehler's immersive Speakeasy Dollhouse a number of years ago. Since then, Cynthia's shows have grown exponentially, and have been running continuously to glowing reviews and packed houses. Her latest is the ambitious Zigfield's Midnight Frolic, which you've seen on this list numerous times. This weekend only, we have a special offer just for our list. A small number of FREE(!!!) tickets, if you email pj@PROTECTED with code "Scorpio." If you miss out on those, see the show listing below in ONGOING for a discount code for 46% off the retails price, also limited to this weekend. Go see it! It's a beautiful experience, and very much in the spirit of our own events.

Cheers,

Gemini & Scorpio, makers of themed costume events with live entertainment http://www.geminiandscorpio.com

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Gemini & Scorpio present

Music video dance party: Weird Science vs Real Genius

Saturday, July 17, 9pm-late, $10 sugg donation Gemini & Scorpio Loft (must RSVP for Gowanus, BK location): http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/660572670743444 Social media: #gsweirdgenius #geminiandscorpio

An epic anniversary has snuck up on us this summer: in the first week of August, 1985 (30 years ago!), two of the most emblematic 1980s geek movies were released - Weird Science and Real Genius.

Celebrate with us with an all-classic-MTV-videos dance party featuring the music from and inspired by the two films, 1985, geekery and SCIENCE. 10pm: 1980s-style trivia game show, Science Genius, that will test your knowledge of the films and 1980s pop culture (must arrive by 9:45pm to participate). Correct answers rewarded with free drinks and movie DVDs. Also: Mad scientist Ve Sidra Magni will be looking for test subjects for electrostimulation research. Are YOU brave enough? Plus: popcorn (of course) and a very special photo booth.

Suggested dress code: any character from either movie or 1980s heavy metal, mall rat, nerd and beyond.

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Gemini & Scorpio and Sxip Shirey​ present

JaNk! dance (and album preview) party with Sxip Shirey

Friday, Aug 7th, 10pm-late, $20 Gemini & Scorpio Loft​ (must RSVP for Gowanus, BK location): http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html Tix: http://www.jank.brownpapertickets.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1601085683492820 Past JaNk! parties video playlist: http://bit.ly/1JDgg2X Social media: #jank #geminiandscorpio

We're firing up the mutant harmonicas, sticking a mic down the mouth of a sousaphone and inviting you to a surreal live-music-driven dance party. Dirty electronics and live musicians, regurgitating old genres like early ska, early hip-hop, techno and house and playing it raw, glitchy and original.

Featuring: Experimental circus composer Sxip Shirey and JaNk band: Don Godwin on sousa, Attis Clopton on drums, Peter Hess on sax, Xavier Smith on vocals. Hip-hop brass band PitchBlak Brass Band. Eclectic beats by Joro Boro till late.

The evening will start with Sxip Shirey and his new album co-producer Don Godwin presenting a selection of never-before-heard songs from the album: newly finished the week before, and not yet released.

SXIP SHIREY http://www.sxipshirey.com 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. 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. "Haunting" - The New York Times; "hypnotizing" - Billboard.com; "beguiling" - Time Out NY; "mesmerizing" - The New Yorker; "unexpected" - The Huffington Post.

PITCHBLAK http://www.pitchblakbrassband.com New York City Hip-Hop Brass. PitchBlak Brass Band uses the epic sounds of tubas, trombones, saxophones and other typically non-hip hop instruments in the spirit of The Roots and some of rap’s iconic live bands, to deliver an energy that samples, loops and breakbeats can’t always capture. Their blend of soundscapes and lyrical exuberance creates a grand adventure in listening, one that can hold the attention of music fans from across a fairly wide spectrum.

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PARTICIPATORY: Come Out and Play Festival http://www.comeoutandplay.org Bringing play back to the real-world and showcasing the best new street and live-action games from around the world. Fri: "After Dark" turns the streets of DUMBO into an arcade with social party games, large physical video games and wild new street games. Sign up for each game is on a first-come, first-served basis. Sat: Field Day/Family Day. Field Day showcases new field games & sports for adults to play. Sign up for each game is on a first-come, first-served basis. Go to festival HQ tent on the Parade Grounds to sign up and start playing. Family Day offers games designed specifically for families and children of all ages. All of the games connect together with a fun story line about Time Travel — complete with an official Time Travel Agency, games throughout time, a growing timeline, and imminent threats to the space-time continuum. Play just one or two games, or try them all of for an epic Time Travel adventure. Games are suitable for everyone, especially ages 6 to 11. (Fr i: Manhattan Bridge Archway Plaza, 155 Water St, BK, 7pm-10:30pm, FREE; Sat: Governors Island, 11am-5pm, FREE)

FEST: Rebel Night 10 Year Celebration http://www.rebelnight.nyc The 10 year anniversary weekend starts off with Silvertooth Loos & The Witch - Savage swamp rock n' roll band with a unique, dirty sound from Los Angles CA.; The Bothers - New York City based four piece band playing raucous roots rock n' roll; and Guests DJ Savage Matt, DJ Hank, and DJ Tommy Rivera rockin' 45s to keep you dancing all night long. Hula Rock Vol 2 is two days of top live music, DJs, dancing, BBQ, burlesque, limbo and more. Featuring live music by: Johnny Farina of Santo and Johnny and 'Sleepwalk' fame, Will and The Hi-Rollers from Las Vegas, Muck And The Mires, Nick Palumbo and The Flipped Fedoras, Jukebox Jodi and her 45s, and many more. Burlesque by Raquel Reed and Cassandra Rosebeetle. Original 8mm films featuring vintage surf and girlie films curated by Gare B Noir. (Fri: The Grand Victory, 245 Grand St, BK, 8pm, $12/FREE after 11pm; Sat/Sun: The Shop Brooklyn, 234 Starr St, BK, see website for details, $25)

VARIETY: The Amazing Acro-cats Break into Brooklyn http://www.circuscats.com The famous traveling cats circus will perform for their Furst time in Brooklyn. Come see a troupe of former orphan, rescue, and stray cats ride skateboards, roll on barrels, walk tightropes and more. There is even the only all-cat band known to man Tuna and The "Rock-cats". (Fri-Sun, The Muse, 338 Moffat St, BK, 8pm, $25)

MUSIC/ART: 2nd Annual Prospect Heights Music & Arts Festival http://waystationbk.blogspot.com/p/prospect-heights-music-festival.html A five-day multi-venue neighborhood experience highlighting Brooklyn musicians, artists and culture. Featuring over 75 Brooklyn based bands and musicians The Fest will also address how to sustain an affordable, desirable, culturally diverse and creatively active neighborhood in a panel discussion featuring Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams. (Fri-Sun, various locations, Prospect Heights, BK, see site for details, $5 sugg don per set)

THEATER: Game Play 2015 http://www.bricktheater.com This year's festival will once again feature cutting-edge works that lie at the intersection of video gaming and performance. “The most ambitious effort I know of to fuse the techniques and live presentation of theater with the themes, structures and technology of interactive electronic entertainment.”—The New York Times (Fri-Thu, and next Fri/Sat, The Brick, 579 Metropolitan Ave, FREE-$18)

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OPENING: Luminary http://temporarystorage.info/events/luminary A group show of artworks using light as a transformative material. Curated by Oliver Warden and Hazel Lee Santino for BFP Creative. Participating artists: Disney NASA Borg, Melissa F. Clarke, CHiKA, Lindsay Packer, Christine Sciulli, Oliver Warden, Andrea Wolf, Natalia Zubko. Exhibit continues through 8/5/15. (Temporary Storage, Gallery 105, 119 Ingraham St, BK, 6pm-10pm, FREE)

ART/FOOD: Surrealist Dinner http://www.secretprojectrobot.org/secretprojectorobot/Home.html Art as food: an enchanting evening in the garden with weird food sculptures and drinks you cut with a knife. Music by Barry London, Christy and Emily, HighLife and Samara. Dinner included. Lubelski. (Secrect Project Robot, 389 Melrose st, BK, 7pm-11pm, $10)

MUSIC: Fresh Ground Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band http://freshgroundpeppernyc.com/next An epic and joyful deconstruction of the classic Beatles album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band presented by 13 different performance companies, each performing their own unique adaptation of a track from the album. Hosted by Stephanie Hsu, Preston Martin, and Nate Weida. We hope you will enjoy the show. (Irondale Arts Center, 85 South Oxford St, BK, 8pm doors/8:30pm show, FREE/sugg donn)

CIRCUS: Summer Circus Cabaret http://bigskyworksbrooklyn.com Starring: Lisa Natoli, Bre Lawson, Maggie Neuwald, Kim Vargas, Erin Elsham, Aly Allain, Stevie Gypsy Latham, Rosabelle Selavy, Eden Atencio, Shipra Saraogi, Wondercabinet Weshinskey, Maryam Washington, Lacy Key, Tanya Solomon, Angelo Iodice, Graham Cracker, Vanessa Spettman, Arielle Toelke, Anna Marmo and more. (Big Sky Works, 29 Wythe Ave, BK, 8:30pm, $25)

BURLESQUE: Schlep it to the 80's ~ Bodacious Burlesque. http://www.coneyisland.com/event/batb71715 tix: http://shop.coneyisland.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=6467 It's the 80's and we're having a massive dance party. JOIN US at Coney Island USA as we Schlep-It-To-The-80's with Bodacious Burlesque performances by: The Schlep Sisters, Minnie Tonka, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Anita Cookie, Jo Boobs, Fem Appeal, Tansy, Trixie Little. Hosted by Joey Martini. (Coney Island USA, 1208 Surf Ave, 10pm, $15)

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FEST: Morbid Anatomy One Year Anniversary Festival of Arcane Knowledge & Devil's Masquerade Party Fundraiser http://bit.ly/1Dllgla tix: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1726696 Celebrate our one year anniversary with an all day festival featuring MC Evan Michelson of TV's Oddities and short talks, tours, demonstrations, screenings and projections by our unique community of makers, teachers, collectors and rogue scholars. The day will conclude with a Devil's Masquerade reception/afterparty reception/afterparty featuring live music, spectacles, cocktails, auction, and costume contest with prizes for best costume. This night will also be the opening party for our newest exhibition OPUS HYPNAGOGIA: Sacred Spaces of the Visionary and Vernacular curated by Stephen Romano for the Morbid Anatomy Museum. Beer while supplies last, courtesy of Brooklyn Brewery. Complimentary cocktails from our friends at Art in the Age. (Morbid Anatomy Museum, 424A 3rd Ave, Gowanus, BK, fest 11am-7:30pm, party 8pm-late, $20-45)

ART: NYC Bodypainting Day 2015 http://www.BodyPaintingDay.org https://www.facebook.com/events/1611218855780408 100 nude models of all shapes and sizes will be painted, including volunteers from the public. The theme “What the world needs now...” is designed to encourage artists to share their vision of what would make the world a better place. Rain date: July 19.(Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, 47th St at 2nd Ave, 12pm, FREE)

ART/EVENT: Technophilia http://transfergallery.com/2015/05/technophilia-faith-holland The first solo exhibition from Faith Holland. The exhibition includes Holland’s ‘Visual Orgasms’ a series of looped moving images that playfully expose popular media’s pressured attempt to make sex visually consumable. New installation work from Holland will also be on display along with two new large-scale ‘Ookie Canvas’ abstractions composed of collaged cum shots which Holland collects from pornography and her own open call for submitted photographs. Continues Saturday 7/25. (Transfer, 1080 Metropolitan Ave, BK, 2pm-6pm, FREE)

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FILM: 30th Anniversary Screening of Sesame Street's: "Follow that Bird" http://www.movingimage.us/visit/calendar/2015/07/19/detail/sesame-street-presents-follow-that-bird-2 Featuring a cast of Sesame Street regulars as well as a star-studded array of cameos including Chevy Chase, John Candy, and Sandra Bernhard, the movie follows Big Bird's journey back to Sesame Street. Emilio Delgado, who plays Luis on Sesame Street, will introduce the film with Craig Shemin. All tickets include same-day admission to the Museum. (Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave, QNS, 1pm, $12/$9 sen & stu/FREE members)

ART: Brooklyn Street Art: On The Radar https://www.facebook.com/events/407221606133815 New/Emerging Street Art Talent From Brooklyn and Beyond. A quick and entertaining multimedia survey and presentation where you get to see a showcase of young and emerging artists using the street today in new and inspiring ways. BSA founders Steve and Jaime show you some of the exciting and inventive ideas that are running in the street right now. (Coney Island Museum, 1208 Surf Ave, BK, 5pm, FREE)

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BURLESQUE: Bushwick Burlesque: DRENCHED https://www.facebook.com/events/966407860056658 Darlinda Just Darlinda's Hot and Sweaty Birthday Bacchanal. Drench yourself in cool waters, delicious cocktails and beautiful people. Starring: Fancy Feast, Velocity Chyaldd, Glenn Marla, Black Scorpion, The Maine Attraction, Ray Valenz, Velvet Crayon, The Trash Can Twins, Pinkie Special, Lil' Miss Lixx, Zoe Ziegfeld, and more. DJ Johnny O'rrible will be spinning the tunes between sets. (Bizarre Bushwick, 12 Jefferson St, BK, 8pm doors/9pm show, FREE/$7-$20 sugg donn)

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WORD/ART: Street Art and the Lower East Side, part 1 http://www.nycharities.org/events/EventLevels.aspx?ETID=8356 Graffiti and street art have been an integral part of the New York cityscape for decades. By the 1970s, the Lower East Side was transformed into a hub for many artists who used its walls as their canvases. These included pop icons such as Jean Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. Since that time, graffiti and street art have conquered the eyes of people worldwide, morphing from local urban expressions to vibrant artistic genres. Yoav Litvin, a photographer and native New Yorker, will speak of the current graffiti and street art "scene" in NYC and share images from the LES, other neighborhoods, and internationally. Litvin recently published his first book, the critically acclaimed Outdoor Gallery - New York City. Al Diaz, will speak about his experiences as an old school graffiti writer and artist in the LES. In the 70s Diaz was a graffiti artist known as BOMB1 and the artistic partner of Jean Michel Basquiat. (Clemente Sote Velez Cultural and Educational Center, 1st Fl, 107 Suff olk St, 6:30-8:30pm, $15/$12 members/$25 both nights/$20 members for both nights)

PUPPETS: Kafka on the Shore http://www.lincolncenter.org/show/kafka-on-the-shore In a tale of two parallel journeys, 15-year-old Kafka and an imaginary friend run away from home in search of his estranged mother and sister and to escape an Oedipal curse. His journey runs side by side that of a fellow searcher-an old man with uncanny abilities seeking a magical stone he believes will offer divine guidance. As their odysseys entwine in modern-day Japan, reality, dream, and myth converge in an allegorical tale that resonates viscerally but resists logical explanation. (Lincoln Center David H. Koch Theater: 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, 8pm, $35-$100)

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SHOP: Printed Matter Moving Sale https://printedmatter.org/events/366 Most items available at a 10-40% discount. Select titles will be offered at 50% off or more. (thru 7/31, Printed Matter, 195 10th Ave, 11am-8pm, FREE)

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THEATER: East To Edinburgh http://www.59e59.org Experience the excitement of Edinburgh Festival Fringe without leaving New York. Catch North American companies before they make the journey across the pond in the closest thing to Festival Fringe this side of the Atlantic. As in Edinburgh, the programming is not curated, the technical elements are kept to minimum, and all shows begin promptly at their advertised time. (thru 7/25, 59E59 Theaters, 59 E 59th St, See Website for Details, $15/$10.50 members)

THEATER/PUPPETS: ADA|AVA http://manualcinema.com/event/adaava-7 Bereaved of her twin sister Ava, septuagenarian Ada solitarily marks time in the patterns of a life built for two. However, a traveling carnival and a trip to a mirror maze plunges her into a journey across the thresholds of life and death. Set in a landscape of the New England gothic, the show uses a story of the fantastic and super natural to explore mourning and melancholy, self and other. (thru 7/26, 3LD Art & Technology Center, Studio B, 80 Greenwich St, 9:15pm, $24/$15 stu)

THEATER: As You Like It http://www.shakespeareintheparkinglot.com/AYLI.htm Shakespeare in the Parking Lot's first production in its new parking lot. The production will offer delightful lessons of love, starting off in a stately English Victorian world and moving into a Steampunk paradise when the scene shifts from a conventional Duchy to the mythical Forest of Arden. (thru 7/26, Parking Lot behind The Clemente, 114 Norfolk St, 8pm, FREE)

ART: Fashioning the Body: an intimate history of the silhouette http://www.bgc.bard.edu/gallery/gallery-at-bgc/fashioning-the-body.html This exhibition examines the devices and materials that women and men have used to shape their bodies from the seventeenth century to today, including corsets, crinolines, bustles, girdles, and push-up bras. (thru 7/26, Tue-Sun, Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 11am-5pm, $7 sugg donn)

THEATER: New York Classical Theatre: "The Taming of the Shrew" http://newyorkclassical.org New York's only all-free & accessible Off-Broadway Theatre company is in its 16th Season. This year William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew", directed by Sean Hagerty, will be performed at this and other locations through July. (thru 7/28, Tue-Thu, Central Park, W 103rd St & Central Park West, 7pm, FREE)

MUSIC/PARTICIPATORY: 25 Hz Tunnel Subwoofer - Open Sound Open House A weekly open house to give audio enthusiasts, producers, engineers, and all you just plain curious cats a sneak peek at R4E's exploration into subliminal bass frequencies. Bring your bass instrument or synth and plug in. Bring your favorite vinyl to hear new unheard elements in your favorite music, bring your best digital tracks, or just listen in. (thru 7/31, Wed, R4E SoundSystem Studio, 21 Saint Paul's Ct, Apt 3E, BK, 8pm-11pm, FREE)

FESTIVAL: 24th Annual Hot. Festival http://dixonplace.org/category/hot-festival The NYC celebration of queer culture. The oldest annual festival of its kind in the world, never stales as its fresh line-up continues to deliver innovative works in theater, music, dance, puppetry, performance art & homoeroticism for the whole family. (thru 8/8, Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie St, See Website For Details, FREE-$20/$50 Fest Pass)

*THEATER: Speakeasy Dollhouse: Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic http://www.speakeasydollhouse.com tix: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/943609 A hidden theater lies within the Heart of Times Square, and the Glorifier of the American Girl, Florenz Ziegfeld, invites you to join his Follies for an evening of music, magic, mystery, mayhem, and of course, plenty of spirits. Audience members will be free to pursue their interests across an expansive environment exploring the wonders and the dangers of the Golden Age of Broadway. Reimagine Ziegfeld's 1920’s extravaganza, The Midnight Frolic, with lavish showgirls, risque burlesque, thrilling aerialists and more. Choose your corruption at Montmartre's Cabaret du Néant while a garish garcon regales you with tales of guillotines and deadly bacteria. Sleuth the luxury suite at Hotel Ritz Paris where Jack Pickford ''allegedly'' tried to save his wife, Follies’ star Olive Thomas, after she drank poison. Take a gander at the glories and gutters that created the American Dream. [G&S Note: Discount Code "Follies" for 46% off this weekend only.] (thru summer, Thu-Sat, Liberty Theate r, 234 West 42nd St, 8pm, $75+, 21+)

FILM: Andrei Tarkovsky, Sculpting in Time http://madmuseum.org/series/andrei-tarkovsky-sculpting-time Few directors have influenced film as Andrei Tarkovsky. Over the course of only seven feature films, Tarkovsky produced an enigmatic and poetic body of work that has helped revolutionize a wide range of genres, including science fiction, war stories, film essays and historical dramas. Working under censorship and a lack of support in Soviet Russia, Tarkovsky fought fiercely for a vision of cinema as unique medium that could sculpt time. The museum will be screening all of Tarkovsky’s feature films on 35 mm as well as behind-the-scenes documentaries, this retrospective reveals the process behind Tarkovsky’s groundbreaking practice and cinematic achievements. (thru 8/28, Museum of Art and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, see website for details, $10/Free for members)

ART: Mapping Brooklyn http://bricartsmedia.org/events/mapping-brooklyn A new exhibition, co-presented by BRIC and Brooklyn Historical Society featuring contemporary art works that use mapping and cartography as themes alongside actual historic maps. (thru 9/6, Wed-Sun 12pm-5pm, Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St, BK, FREE)

ART: Alice: 150 Years of Wonderland http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/alice This exhibition will bring to light the curious history of Wonderland, presenting an engaging account of the genesis, publication, and enduring appeal of Lewis Carroll's classic tale, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. For the first time in three decades, the original manuscript will travel from the British Library in London to New York, where it will be joined by original drawings and letters, rare editions, vintage photographs, and fascinating objects—many never before exhibited. (thru 10/11, The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Ave, $18/$12 sen & stu)

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