No Sleep In Brooklyn
Hello everyone! This week we bring you a wide spectrum of entertainment, which is why we expect to see you all here 3 nights in a row! Mayor Bloomberg is also throwing a party this weekend, but his won’t be as good, so you better stick with us.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
No Parking on the Dancefloor
DJ Dept: Soulcracker and Inbetween, $mall Change
A party about dancing. Starts/ends early for the sleepin’ set that
still likes to boogie.
That’s right party peoples, no parking baby, no parking on the
dancefloor. That’s what this shit is all about and fuck the hokey
pokey. On some pure shit. The central focus is music and dancing. If
you’re on the dance floor you must be dancing. We will have dance
police and your ass will get ticketed. Get down or make room.
We’re not trying to ram drinks down your throat, or
really at all. We will have a smoothie expert from the Wonderland,
Love Girl, who will assist you in making some wholesome drinks.
Whatever unwholesomeness you want to add to that is on your accord.
BYOF(ruit) etc is recommended, if you have some to spare for others
that’s always nice.
9:30-12:30pm
$10 (HEAVILY) suggested Donation or we kill you
@ House of Yes
342 Maujer St.
L train to Grand St.
FRIDAY JUNE 26
Karnival Of Kuriocities
This inkarnation boasts performers from far and wide!
Posey Peep Show hail all the way from Huntsville, Alabama
while the Squidling Bros. Sideshow will be China Town busing
it all the way from Philadelphia! This might be one of the rowdier
evenings at the House ….perfect place to bring a date!
…..Posey Peep Show’s absurdist burlesque marries circus/vaudeville
with flamenco twang. Accordions and corsets, kazoos and heart strings.
These southern horn hollerin’ gals are reckoning to please all yer senses!
…..Matters Squidling and Jelly Boy the Clown from the Squidling Bros. Side Show
will be risking their lives for the sake of your thrill. Jelly Boy promises to swallow
a flame thrower and then perform brain surgery on himself. Giant Machetes and
broken glass, this is not for the faint of heart.
….Special guest Jeff Seal and his Big Blue Ball all the way from Williamsburg
will also grace the stage along with some other usual suspects from the Brooklyn.
$10, BYOW(hiskey)
9:30 doors, 10 pm show.
@House of Yes.
342 Maujer St.
L train to Grand St.
SATURDAY JUNE 27th
HYBRID
A performance series featuring artists who explore new forms and
fusions from ancient and contemporary sources. We revel in the
creative alchemy of collaboration and exchange, drawing from widely
diverse experiences and inspirations to create a new vision, a new
version, a new HYBRID of performance.
For this incarnation of the series, we bring you:
…Mira Betz,(Oakland, CA) whose unique performance style combines
exquisite technical skill with a profound emotional depth and engagement.
…The new Brooklyn duo Beatbox Guitar, who create an innovative mix
of flamenco, world, psychedelic rock, hip hop and punk. With guest
Ken Hashimoto on cello.
…The theatrical and adventurous style of Fire in the Belly, a fusion belly
dance company visiting us from Charlottesville, VA.
…The accordion stylings of Nicki Pfoutz and some beautiful songs from
the trio Nickirinata.
…Djordje Stijepovic, the San Francisco based Serbian master of the slap bass.
…The newest work from Alchemy Dance Theater, celebrating the alchemy
of tradition and innovation, tribal and urban, ritual and spectacle.
Pre-show bike-blended concoctions and social time by
Band of Bicycles
Tickets $17 in advance from Brown Paper Tickets, $20 at the door
Buy tickets here
7:30 doors, 8:00pm show.
@House of Yes.
342 Maujer St.
L train to Grand St.
House of Fancy
Hello everyone!
Funny story: While traveling down in our veggie powered bus to perform at Bonnaroo last week, we stopped at a gas station in Virginia to pee and came upon 5XL shirts that said “Bushwick, Brooklyn, NYC.,..that’s the spot” at $2.99 each, they became our official uniform so we could represent down south!
Here’s what’s up at the House of Yes and beyond this week:
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WEDNESDAY the 17th and THURSDAY the 18th
The Mermaid Parade Costume Making Party
Make Fun invites all mermaids , neptunes , octopi and pirates to come dress up and create costumes for this year’s Mermaid Parade! We provide a wide variety of aquatic fabrics, trims, sequins, materials, sewing machines and styling to help you look your best this weekend! Anyone with an outrageous idea is welcome to come use the studio and supplies to make their vision a reality. Groups with themes especially welcome! Dont know what to wear? Let us help you… Costuming professionals Kae Burke and Tara McManus will sew and style you into the most fabulous fish-like attire imaginable! Feel free to bring drinks, friends and your own mermaid materials to use or share!
Make Fun @ House of Yes
342 Maujer St at Morgan Ave,
East Williamsburg BK. L to Grand St.
20$ covers materials and sewing
7-11pm
Contact kaeburke (at) gmail (dot) com for more information!
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SATURDAY JUNE 20
ANIMALIA
Stories of Collapse, Calamity and Departure
An inter-species fairytale that combines aerial movement with live music on singing saw, accordion and strings. Performed within a landscape of mesmerizing video and archival film, Animalia invokes visions of secret bee societies and haunted circus scenes.
Created by performance & installation artist C. Ryder Cooley, Stunning performances by aerialist-dancer Natalie Agee of Ruby Streak Trapeze Studio, and musicians Todd Chandler and Rachel Winard.
You know you’re here when you see the SUNSET SCAVENGER parked outside! Bill Daniel built 20 ft. sails on a 1984 van that’s converted to run on veggie oil.
Sky Box @ House of Yes
342 Maujer St at Morgan Ave,
East Williamsburg BK. L to Grand St.
$10-15 sliding scale
Doors 8:30, show 9PM.
reservations: rydercooley@yahoo.com
http://www.carolynrydercooley.com/performance.html
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Monday night we all take a break from YES and go on tour to another art space – Glasslands!
MONDAY: JUNE 22nd
MAW
Mr. Deans will be unveiling new trophies from his recent
hunting and fishing expedition to uncharted lands.
The players:
Lord Whimsy….. exhibiting oddities both living and dead
Ancestral Diet…soundscapes from the depths of Earth, Tooth, and Fog…
Lady Circus… there’s no telling what these ladies will do…
Madame Blair Ward…an improvisational master leads us through her tangled melodies
Frozen Mint Juleps will be made available by the Lemonade St& B&
Otherworldly oddities, seemingly rooted in our own world yet reaching out to another…
…For we see the future… and it is beautiful.
If this isn’t enough to whet your appetite, then kindly check your pulse and consult a doctor…
Glasslands Gallery. 7pm. Only $6
289 Kent Avenue, between South 2nd and South 1st streets.
Take the L train to Bedford Avenue, and walk towards the water.
$5 if you RSVP to zev.deans@gmail.com