Haunted House of Yes
Come to this or die!
:::::::::::::Friday the 30th, Saturday the 31st:::::::::::::::::
Haunted House Of Yes
Setting foot into the House of Yes on any day of the year is generally a shocking experience. For two nights only, this Halloween, House of Yes is abandoning any taste and restraint, and letting the deranged side shine. The entertainment within the Haunted House of Yes ranges from X-rated to other worldly, from profound to fucked up.
Only the most demented performance, installation and video artists, musicians, architects and comedians were selected to create this multi-sensory disaster.
Haunted House of Yes is conceptualized and created by Graham Skipper of FUCT (a torture comedy troupe) and Julia LaVault (House of Yes’ lighting designer). Contributing artists include Zev David Deans, Pak-Kei Mak, Philip “Slime” Riley, Van hughes and Leslie McDonel, and Emmanuelle Chammah.
Be ready to sign a waiver and prove that you’re over 18, and sorry in advance for the post traumatic stress disorder.
October 30th from 7 pm to 2 am
Saturday October 31st from 10pm to 2 am
$10 admission.
:::::::::::::Wednesday the 4th of November:::::::::::::::::::
Clothing & Stuff Swap for the Burnt
Has your house ever burnt down? If so, you understand the frustration of having everything you own be burnt, melted, smelly or just plain gone. Our friends Flambeaux, Akim and Lady C recently experienced a fire that ripped through their apartments and ruined all of their belongings. Therefore, we are hosting a clothing & stuff swap to help you clean your closet and also to give our friends some clothes and necessities. Everyone is welcomed to swap and grab new things- but the people who had their house burn down get first dibs.
If you cant make it Wednesday night but still want to donate, please contact kaeburke@gmail.com and set up a time to drop off your donations. Thanks!
8-11pm
byob as always
24/7
For the first time ever we actually have it all for you all. Learn slapstick, sewing and aerial from the best, see performance art at its weirdest, and then again at its nakedest later on in the week, AND although we promised no more dance parties ever again, we were talked into squeezing one in anyways….it wasn’t so bad after all, and only one person tagged our fancy bathroom.
:::::::::::Wednesday October 21st:::::::::::
Slapstick Dojo: Learn to Fall Funny
The Slapstick Dojo teaches physical comedy using martial arts techniques. Students will learn how to trip, slip, fall down, and slap each other in safe and funny ways. This conflict may be between individuals, between a person and an object, or between a person and his environment. The class operates similar to a yoga or martial arts class, where students of all skill levels are encouraged to come to “workout” and further develop technique. Borrowing ideas from martial arts training such as Kata and Waza the Slapstick Dojo aims to teach slapstick techniques and classic slapstick gag structure.
5-25$ sliding scale!
More info at http://newyorkdowntownclown.com/workshops.htm#slapstick
:::::::::::Thursday, October 22nd:::::::::::
Bloody Noes: American Dream
From Upstate NY, we bring to you special guests Bloody Noes…. costumed duo MC Drywall (priestly hulk) and DJ Cardboard (shadowy sylph). Bloody Noes brings to us, American Dream: A non-sensical theatrical experiment in demented experience and America. Expect to be fully entertained by variety acts, music/noise, body activity/dance, pantomime, and lots of homemade props. Hilarious, hypnotic, and horrifying. This is a 45 minute adventure of extreme extremes.
Bloody Noes has been described as… ” Noise, yet poignant, Noise, yet fairytale-like. Interpretive dance meets DIY scene, pornographic”.. and “creativity as a terroristic act”. This is a rare opportunity to see how weird things can get in Rochester, NY. Need a sneak preview? Check out www.myspace.com/bloodynoes
Doors at 9:30, Show at 10pm
5-10$ sliding scale donation. (due to the nature of the content 13 and over only please)
:::::::::::Thursday, October 22nd-LATE NITE:::::::::::
RESERVOIR SOUND WOMB in conjunction with House of Yes and Torn Form Drawing present an evening void of Platinum chains and video vixens, but plenty of head grooves to get your body moving. This is a showcase with some of the premiere up-and-coming indie lyricists, producers, and beat makers, hailing from Chicago, Brooklyn, Baltimore and beyond.
Featuring Staten Island Duo the Presence, Unabashedly honest Baltimore’s Teddy Faley, distorted samples and beats by AM Breakups, Quality sound by Zesto! and relentless pavement-pounding sound by V8.
11pm-late
5$
::::::::::Friday October 23rd::::::::::::
Silky Sirens Burlesque
……a night of the 3 B’s: Brains, Booze, and Boobies!
A singing burlesque company that was started on the brink of a Depression. A show that is full of humor, beauty, sex, tease and tons of pasties of all sorts. Hosted by the hilarious Doctor Phil.
$15 (might seem like a bit much, but then again that will only buy you 75% of a lap dance anywhere else in the city.)
10pm, BYOB
:::::::::Monday through Saturday!:::::::::::::::::::
Aerial classes at the Sky Box! Silks, trapeze, lyra, pole dance, ballet. (No you don’t have to be a bodybuilder to sign up, we won’t make you climb 30 ft high your first class, and its not as intimidating as you might think.) Go to theskybox.org/classes to sign up. Or come to aerial open house every Monday from 8pm-10pm to see for yourself. Its free to watch and $15 to play.
:::::::::::Wednesdays, October 21st, 28th:::::::::::
Make Fun: Halloween Workshops
7PM- 11PM $20
Make Fun Studios at House of Yes invites you into the costume studio to make the best Halloween costume…ever. Our workshop includes full access to the Make Fun facilities, with home and industrial sewing machines, sergers and cover stitch machines, pattern making materials AND FREE FABRIC AND TRIM! This $20 workshop will have you looking fabulous and you learn a thing or two too. Get help from the pros! Kae and Tara have years of experience working with people to build their character from scratch, or modify existing clothes and costumes. Best of all, you can brag to your friends that YOU MADE IT YOURSELF!
Want to have a custom costume created? have questions about Make Fun? contact kaeburke@gmail.com
7pm- 11pm $20
:::::::::Upcoming:::::::::
Haunted House of Yes! 10/30 and 10/31!!!
A Rare Opportunity to Party
At The House of Yes, we don’t do parties, we do events….usually. But this week, we are offering you TWO parties in a row. But just because its a party, doesn’t mean you can get shit-faced and vomit on our fancy furniture. Please use our fancy toilets instead. So come to our parties, have the best time ever, and don’t forget to clean up after yourself. Remember, we are also a fancy aerial facility six days a week.
::::::::Wednesday, October 14th:::::::::::
Make Fun: Halloween Workshops
October 14th, 21st, 28th….
7PM- 11PM $20
Make Fun Studios at House of Yes invites you into the costume studio to make the best Halloween costume…ever. Our workshop includes full access to the Make Fun facilities, with home and industrial sewing machines, sergers and cover stitch machines, pattern making materials AND FREE FABRIC AND TRIM! This $20 workshop will have you looking fabulous and you learn a thing or two too. Get help from the pros! Kae and Tara have years of experience working with people to build their character from scratch, or modify existing clothes and costumes. Best of all, you can brag to your friends that YOU MADE IT YOURSELF!
Want to have a custom costume created? have questions about Make Fun? contact kaeburke@gmail.com
7pm- 11pm $20
::::::::Thursday, October 15th::::::::::::
Bushwick Wildlife Preserve presents a Night of Mayhem
Hate the cold? Not really feeling it getting darker sooner and sooner? That trillion dollar stimulus package not paying your rent? Your tan from “summer” already gone? Need to blow off some steam, let your hair down and just rock out before it becomes unbearable to journey past the bodega?
Simple deal…
2 amazing bands to get the blood pumping: Adriana Santiago and the SMYRK
1 DJ to shake your bones all night: DJ Rookie better known as M.C. K~Swift from the Zulu Nation
9pm to 3 am
Only $7 (because anything more than that is unreasonable right?)
:::::::::Friday, October 16th:::::::::::::::
ASS DON’T TELL
Swimming Cities of the Ocean of Blood Fundraiser
A shameless and wholly unapologetic celebration of Booty, set to junk rumbling, all night booty music. Prepare to be suffocated by magnificent round beautiful asses and help float our asses to Varanasi India next March.
DJ’s DIRTYFYNGER Milks, Tinseltown, Stache, Laurendarling. Special surprises from Lady Circus, etc. Go-go Mania by Bloody Belle.
Midnight Ass Pageant hosted by the Ass Inspector General
10pm to 4 am.
$10/$8 sweet caboose discount at the door for bubble butts only.
www.weareswimmingcities.org
:::::::::Monday through Saturday!:::::::::::::::::::
Aerial classes at the Sky Box! Silks, trapeze, lyra, pole dance, ballet. (No you don’t have to be a bodybuilder to sign up, we won’t make you climb 30 ft high your first class, and its not as intimidating as you might think.) Go to theskybox.org/classes to sign up. Or come to aerial open house every Monday from 8pm-10pm to see for yourself. Its free to watch and $15 to play.
Birds, Ghosts and Marching Bands
This is the last weekend to see our latest in-house production,
Twitchers. The first week was quite honestly one of the best shows to
be seen in our theatre…and that’s not just our own opinion either!
This weekend, we’ll be doing it all again, just for you…but that’s
not all. We are also having a marching-band after-party on Thursday
following Twitchers! Seriously, if you miss this show, you might feel
performance deprived and artistically unsatisfied. See it.
In Make Fun, Halloween is taking over the studio, and we will be
offering weekly Wednesday costume workshops! Make it.
Also for Halloween (Our Official Favorite Holiday), we are once again
sharing the spotlight and inviting artists to collaborate on our 1st
annual Haunted House of Yes. Do it.
::::::::::::::::Thursday:::Friday:::Saturday::::::::::::
October 8, 9, 10
A theatrical immersion of dance, puppetry, aerial, live music,
spectacle, and pure emotion.
The Desert Sin Dance Company, known internationally for their edgy
and sensational fusion of dance is one of the most experimental,
cutting-edge theatrical dance companies in North America.
Desert Sin will be teaming up with Mystery Bird Puppet Theater, Lady
Circus, and The House of Yes Theater to create a Brooklyn
bird-watching experience of a lifetime!
October 1,2,3 and 8,9,10
Doors open at 8pm, the show starts at 9pm:
Tickets:
$15 presale @ www.desertsin.com
$20 at the door
www.desertsin.com
www.ladycircus.com
www.mysterybirdpuppets.com
:::::::::Thursday Late NIte!::::::::::::::::::::::::
October 8th
Datri Bean, Minor Mishap Marching Band, Baby Soda.
10:30
$10 for the fools who missed the early show. free (give some lovin’
to the hat) to the Twitchers stragglers.
:::::::::::::::Wednesdays in October:::::::::::::::
October 14th, 21st, 28th….
Make Fun: Halloween Workshops
7PM- 11PM $20
Make Fun Studios at House of Yes invites you into the costume studio
to make the best Halloween costume…ever. Our workshop includes full
access to the Make Fun facilities, with home and industrial sewing
machines, sergers and cover stitch machines, pattern making materials
AND FREE FABRIC AND TRIM! This $20 workshop will have you looking
fabulous and you learn a thing or two too.
We will also be selling items from our costume collection! We will
have $5 bins of costumes and wigs plus other great deals on theatrical
costumes, commercial costumes both deluxe and economy and original
designs by Kae Burke and 3rd Earth designs. Get help from the pros!
Kae and Tara have years of experience working with people to build
their character from scratch, or modify existing clothes and costumes.
Best of all, you can brag to your friends that YOU MADE IT YOURSELF!
Want to have a custom costume created? have questions about Make Fun?
contact kaeburke@gmail.com
::::::::THIS WEEK::::::::::::::
Artists/Designers/Makers Call for
Participation:::::::::::::::::::::::
Haunted House of Yes seeking Art Stars!
We are currently accepting submissions from artists of all types to
contribute to Haunted House of Yes. There is a small budget, all the
materials you can use and unlimited creative license allotted for this
project. The Haunted House of Yes will run Friday October 30th, 7pm
– 2am and Saturday October 31st, 10pm – 2am. As an installation
artist you do not have to physically be there on the 31st…but you’ll
want to be. Its going to be more fun than smashing jack-o-lanterns.
Please email info@thehouseofyes.org to express interest in
contributing to something you’ve wanted to do since you were a
kid….build a haunted house and scare the Ba-Geezus out of people.