Gay. Aerial. Mermaids.
House of Yes is officially coming out of the closet as GAY!
Your Gay To-Do List
1. Make Fabulous mermaids in Make Fun!
2. Open your Homo Chakra
3. See Queer performances at our Aerial Variety Show
4. Dance your taint off at our very first GAY party, called GAY GAY GAY
5. See our Aerial Mermaids at the gayest parade ever… the Mermaid Parade!
6. Get your Homosexual dance grooves on at No Parking on the Dance Floor!
7. Have intercourse with someone of the same gender!
::::::::::Wednesday, June 16th:::::::::::::::
MAKE MERMAIDS!
Make Fun Fabric Studio is opening its doors and pulling out the overflowing boxes of glitter, lace, spandex, sequins and chiffon to help you make the fiercest and sexiest mermaid costumes ever! We’ll help make your wet dreams come true with hot glue, scissors, fabrics, machines and materials that will have you drowning in inspiration. No sewing experienced required, just a desire to look fabulous and be creative.
7-11pm
$20
bring snacks and drinks
rsvp to kaeburke@gmail.com
makefunstudio.com
::::::: Thursday, June 17th:::::::::
B A T O Y: Back After Thousands Of Years
A collective of artists, musicians, dancers and healers bringing the peace party to life…
Come celebrate the human experience with love, food, dance and music!
Sanga Kirtan, Arawa, Optimus Tribe, Dynasty Electrik, Cumba Mela, Joro Boro, Green Bus Tour & UNITRIBE
Live Drumming, Face Painting, Yummy Vegetarian/Vegan Delicacies, Kombucha and Super Foods, Live Painting, Donation based Massage and Reiki
9 PM
$10 Contribution
:::::::::::::::Friday June 18th::::::::::::::
SKYBOX AERIAL VARIETY SHOW
It’s SUMMER!
It’s also Sky Box Variety Show Weekend!
It’s the best weekend EVER!
Witness the performances of several amazing performers NEW to the Sky Box Variety circuit as well as many old and faithful aerial artists for the most cutting edge Sky Box Variety Show yet! Seriously, these are amazing performers who will dazzle you on aerial silks, rope, lyra, as well those who will blow your mind with juggling, contortion, burlesque and more.
Hosted by the infamous House of Yes Mistress of Ceremonies herself, Kae Burke!
Stick around after the show for FREE for GAY GAY GAY – our first ever gay dance party!
Doors at 8pm, show at 9pm. Party after!
$10
::::::::Friday, June 18th::::::::::::::
GAY GAY GAY
Post-Apocolyptic Freak-Show Dance-Party
House of Yes presents it’s first Gay Gay Gay party to kick off Pride Week! Step into an exhibition of the Old World’s most sexy and grotesque surviving species curated by collector and intergalactic adventurers JJ Japanime and Sam Shine.
FEATURING:
The return of Brooklyns own JASPER JAMES!!
Here from Hollywood to premier the Music Video for “LOVE”
Performances by Backspace & Spazz Hands!
Hosted By Brett Lord, JJ Japanime & Sam Shine
Dance like a homo all night with DJ Jay Four!
SIDESHOW ACTS BY: Anya Sapozhnikova, Kae Burke, Matthew Camp, Lauren Howe, Kid Akimbo, Jackie Carlson, Dan Paul Roberts, Teresa Nasty, Kyle Rostan, Nicki Borodi, Kathryn Van Asshee, Jade Curtis, Madalena Pak-Kei Mak, Brett Lord, Dilan Walpola… and probably YOU.
Since we have learned nothing from our past we must learn from the future.
10:30pm
$10
:::::::::Saturday, June 20th:::::::::
AERIAL MERMAIDS at MERMAID PARADE!
Come to Mermaid Parade for the most amazing parade ever in the most amazing place ever… CONEY ISLAND!
The House of Yes & Skybox aerialists will be hanging 180 feet in the air, suspended above our favorite bar… Cha Cha’s Atlantis bar on the Boardwalk. Come be amazed as mermaids, fish, dolphins, pirates and octopi dazzle and dangle in the air on our very own aerial rig! Oh, and Lou Reed will be there as King Neptune!
Coney Island
Parade at 2pm, Aerial til Dusk!
Cha Cha’s On the Boardwalk between Nathans and Shoot the Freak.
FREE!
:::::::::: Sunday, June 21st:::::::::::
NO PARKING ON THE DANCE FLOOR!
Next SUNDAY, June 20th, we have another installment of Zmerica’s favorite get your ass off jam dance dance revo-friggin-lution total destruction the only solution total destruction the only solution party NO PARKING ON THE DANCEFLOOR. The name sez it all, tho you can also check the Midnight Star jam of the same name for further investigation. Basically, if you’re on the dancefloor, you HAVE to be dancing. Twitter/tweakerers, kicking game to ladies mofos, and general lame asses who just get on the floor and don’t move will be forcibly removed by our dance police. Its simple ppl. Get down. Life is short so shake it until you break it. Special Puloma bday throwdown edition with selectros.
Just added: Hot F**king Tamales by Laura and VJing by Dr. Mojo…werrrd!
Also added: the ubiquitous Love Grrl and her infamous smoothies
Koushik (Stones Throw)
Veronica (Minimal Wave)
Duane (Bim Marx, Other Music)
Hatch (WFMU)
$mall s¢heezy
7pm-midnight-ish
at House of Yessss
5 bones.
dance bitches dance
::::::::: Tuesday, June 23rd:::::::::
AUDITIONS FOR THE CIRCUS OF CIRCUS
9:00pm
House of Yes
342 Maujer Street, Brooklyn
Now casting experienced circus performers and musical theatre entertainers with acting, dance and/or singing abilities for various roles. Contortionists, aerialists, fire dancers, jugglers, hand balancers and acrobats are especially encouraged to audition.
The Circus of Circus is an adaptation of George Orwell’s classic satire Animal Farm told through musical theatre, circus and dance. The performers parallel the characters of the original, struggling as the “working class” and sacrificing their individual freedom for the success of their show.
SHOW DATES: 3 Weekend Run
September 30th & October 1st & 2nd
October 7th, 8th & 9th
October 14th, 15th & 16th
Pay Guaranteed per show.
Please contact kaeburke@gmail.com
Resumes and links to photos and videos of past performances encouraged.
hot, Hot, HOT!
Who is hot?
YOU are hot.
Learn how to be even hotter with our Sexy Dancing class, every Thursday!
Come over this Friday and get sweaty with other hot people.
Oh… and check out all of our HOT new videos and past performances on our new Youtube Channel!
http://www.youtube.com/houseofyesbrooklyn
Hot.
:::::::::Thursday, May 27th, daytime::::::::::::
Technique of Sexy Dancing.
A new dance class fusing hip hop, jazz, burlesque, booty bounce and everything in between, focusing on releasing your inner slut for the stage. Taught by Kathryn van Assche aka ViVi of the Horror Show fame, this 2 hour workout will leave you dripping with sweat and begging for more.
2- 4 pm, $10-15 sliding scale donation. All levels of experience welcome.
Every Thursday.
:::::::::::Friday, June 4th::::::::::
WAREHOUSE FRIDAY
Hot night. Hot beats. Hot friends. Hot dogs.
Summer’s back! Come celebrate at YES by dancing your ass off with Jangula, Movement and Ezrakh.
7 bucks all night!
If you don’t know JANG, you should:
http://www.myspace.com/thejangula
Same goes for MOVEMENT: these sweet-voiced boys could put Kafka in a happy mood.
http://www.myspace.com/wearemovement
EZRAKH follows them both on the decks all night, playing the best house, garage, hip hop and over-all good musics.
http://spanktownsound.blogspot.com/ <-dubstep mix
Dance Punk: Past and Present- free 30 min dance mix
http://www.mediafire.com/?y0mydzaoyga
PLUS:: there is a BAR, good vibes, pretty people, colored lights.
It’s con-ta-gious, got the kids in a hurry.
Your To-Do List
To-Do List for This Weekend at House of Yes:
1. See the Wonderneath Matinee Show.
2. Go to SITE Fest in Bushwick.
3. Dance your butt off Saturday at No Parking on the Dance Floor.
4. Make out with your roommate.
5. Dance your hair off at Jank on Sunday.
6. Take a Nap
7. Learn Aerial
If you do these things, you’ll be happy.
House of Yes is a part of Bushwick SITE Fest this weekend- a festival dedicated to the performing arts in our strange neighborhood of warehouses and bodegas. Therefore, we’ve got the Wonderneath’s final performances, a killer performance-infused dance party, and brass-band circus-jams on Sunday. Its a whole weekend of performance, art and “performance art”.
http://artsinbushwick.wordpress.com/site-fest-program/
:::::::::::Saturday the 6th::::::::::::
WONDERNEATH
Matinee Performance!
The fabulous circus-theatre adventure, The Wonderneath, is officially sold out for Saturday night…
BUT you have one more chance to see it this Saturday afternoon for a special matinee.
The Wonderneath explores the otherworldly lair rumbling below the city’s surface, where steam energy has seeped through granite and crystal, fractalized, and created a land where all that is wondered comes to be.
Written and produced by Ali Schmitz, the creative force crowned Coney Island’s Best Mermaid 2009, The Wonderneath stars the captivating Kai Altair and features live jazz and blues stylings by Tin Pan. Featuring dazzling performances by Claire de Luxe, Jordann Baker, Ali Luminescent, and Ellie Mio of Lady Circus; Ateles Aerial; Renata of Desert Sin and Alchemy Dance Theater; Ahnika Delirium, and Bex Burton.
Sponsored by Swarovski Crystals! Come early for snacks and surprises including trinkets of Sarah Sparkles (sarahsparkles.com) and Andriana Santiago’s Eyegasm Jewelry!
Special Matinee-
Doors at 3:30. Show at 4:30
$20 at the door. Presale tickets $15 at
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/97218 //
:::::::Also on Saturday::::::::
NO PARKING on the DANCE FLOOR!
No Parking on the Dance Floor (especial Saturday edition!)
I’ll be your freak-a-zoid, come on and wind me up…special edition of
no parking baby, No Parking on the Dancefloor this Saturday at House of Yes. and that means eggzactly that. We don’t not want to see you silver spoon in yer mouth/nose/ass jaded traded the trucker hat for the fake glasses hipster fucks taking up valuable real estate on our dancefloor! Move it or lose it! Shake it or we’ll break it! If you do need to chill come test out House of Yes’s new deprivation chamber aka the Waterboard room. Hey its DICK Cheney approved! So if you want to get waterboarded just stand there and keep talking to your friends, right in the middle of the dancefloor. Test us. You’ll find yourself on a canoe in the newton creek with one of your kidneys missing.
Ok lets get to the point already. Special late night saturday fish fry edition of No Parking, sans fish, but drinks sure. A nice wrap up for the fab fab show known as the Wonderneath (yay Ali nice1!) plus shouts to the BK Sitefest ppl. So all kindsa shee-it gwan. And your favorite crooklyn loft selectros Still LIfe and D-Juice und mice elf all slaughtering you mobs killing you jokes and destroying all you monsters (and gelflings).
You know the drill by now. Fuck art lets dance. Then fuck. Then art. Alladat.
Plus suprise performances from Lady Circus right over the dancefloor, since it is their homebase after all. Aerial is the shit ppl, don’t sleep on these female ninjas.
Tara on the design. Blush at the door. Ms Burke (god help us–I keed!) on the bar.
Lets goooo!
DJs: D-Juice, Still Life, $mall ¢hange
Saturday Night Fish Fry edition w/o the fish.
SiteFest and Wonderneath after party hotel lobby
11pm-4am,
$10
::::::::::::Sunday March 7th:::::::::::::::
JANK!
Presented by Gemini & Scorpio and Sxip Shirey.
A surreal live-music-driven dance party. Dirty electronics and live musicians (horns, drums, human beat box), regurgitating old genres like early ska, early hip-hop, techno and house and playing it raw, glitchy and original. With: experimental circus composer Sxip Shirey, controllerism glitch rocker Moldover, eclectic beats wizard DJ Shakey. Janky visuals by Sebastian Patane Masuelli.
http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
8pm-2am
$10-$15 Sliding Scale
:::::::::::Monday the 29th::::::::
AIRTIME!
Skybox Open Workout.
Are you an aerialist? Come workout with us, every Monday night at Skybox. Do tricks. Get buff. Make friends. Now with a live DJ! Are you NOT an aerialist? Become one!
Sign up for beginner classes at theskybox.org/classes
Airtime is open to aerialists of all level of experience.
Friends, lovers and fans are welcome to watch.
8pm-10pm
$15. Bring Your Own Unitard
Clowns. Crystals. Apocalypse!
Vaudeville …. Crystal Circus…. The Apocalypse.
All this and more, this week at the House of Yes.
:::::::::Thursday the 25th::::::::::
GIDDY MULTITUDE: Vaudeville & Variety!
Best [of] Love.
It’s cold out. Come laugh…and be amazed!
This vaudeville variety extravaganza is going to wash your winter doldrums away.
How about a generous pile of aerial dancing, music, hula-hooping, comedy, and burlesque to spice up the snow-cake of your mind?
That’s what I thought. Come on out, you’ll melt right through your pants.
The Amazing Amy!, Kira Kupcake! (Maven of Music and Sergeant of Sweetness), Sara G, Y’all! (Comedic Wordsmithing Brilliance), Jake Jampel! (Standup Quirkiness and Comedy), Kae Burke (High-flying Funny girl!), A.C. Prouser (Trapeze Flying 5 Ball Juggling Wonder-Kid) Jessica Delfino! (Musical Satire and Satirical Music), Rebecca Nagle! (Life-changing, Mind-blowing Grrrrlesque), Ellie Steingraber! (Aerial Dance Bonanza)…. Plus your Charismatic, Complementary Hostesses: Busty Kitten and Evangeline!
$10
Doors at 8:30, show at 9
::::::::Friday the 26th::::::::
Opening Night of….THE WONDERNEATH
A new circus theater adventure set in turn-of-the-century New York City.
The Wonderneath explores the otherworldly lair rumbling below the city’s surface, where steam energy has seeped through granite and crystal, fractalized, and created a land where all that is wondered comes to be.
Written and produced by Ali Schmitz, the creative force crowned Coney Island’s Best Mermaid 2009, The Wonderneath stars the captivating Kai Altair and features live jazz and blues stylings by Tin Pan. Featuring dazzling performances by Claire de Luxe, Jordann Baker, Ali Luminescent, and Ellie Mio of Lady Circus; Ateles Aerial; Renata of Desert Sin and Alchemy Dance Theater; Ahnika Delirium, and Bex Burton. Sponsored by Swarovski Crystals! Come early for snacks and surprises including trinkets of Sarah Sparkles (sarahsparkles.com) and Andriana Santiago’s Eyegasm Jewelry!
Doors at 8pm… show at 9pm
$20 at the door. Presale tickets $15 at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/97218
http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=wonderneath&init=quick
Continuing Sunday the 28th & Next Weekend… March 4th, 5th &6th!
::::::::Saturday the 27th::::::::
IMPROV WORKSHOP!!!
Yes! And…
Learn how to work comedic scenes and actions off the top of your head, and roll it off the top of your tounge.
This 3 hour workshop will cover the basics of comedic improvisation in a supportive environment with lots of participation, experimentation, games and FUN! Yes….FUN!
The workshop with be taught by Tommy Galan, an award winning comedian, writer and producer. He writes and performs with the Comedy Troupe, FUCT and he’s FUN!
$20
3pm-6pm
Rsvp to info@houseofyes.org
:::::::::::::::Also on Saturday:::::::::::::::
JOYS of ARMAGEDDON
An Experimental Hip-Hop Musical…that will End the World.
Electro hiphop propels a modern martyr to the end of everything and beyond in wild new musical.
Come witness…The end of civilization. Computer genius. The 2012 Holocaust. Mutiny. Abandoned subway tunnels. Misfits. Calamities. New Orleans. Lethal confrontations & Estranged fathers… the Divine. And more….
Featuring: Mike iLL as Macon Traxx, Rivka as Holy Jones, Mr. Taps as Muerdonk, Michael Cavadias as Widget, Miss Guy as Antoinette LaFíte, Dominic Dela Fave as Pitzy Jonawitz, Jaime Dela Fave as Pulse, Cristina Silver as Dr. Dan Piper, Suzy Arango as Oshun, Jerm Pollet as Pong, Tina Krause as Candace Tractenburg, J McElfresh as Berzerk, Armen Setrakian as Super-Mario, Abbe Rivers as Static and Meredith Borden as Zelda
Doors at 7:30, Show at 8.
$12
::::::::::Sunday the 28th:::::::
The WONDERNEATH
(See Friday for info)
:::::::::::Monday the 29th::::::::
AIRTIME!
Skybox Open Workout.
Are you an aerialist? Come workout with us, every Monday night at Skybox.
Do tricks. Get buff. Make friends. Now with a live DJ!
Are you NOT an aerialist? Become one!
Sign up for beginner classes at theskybox.org/classes
Airtime is open to aerialists of all level of experience.
Friends, lovers and fans are welcome to watch.
8pm-10pm
$15. Bring Your Own Unitard.
Haiti, Show Time for Show Offs, Death-Defying Classes
Hey Folks. This week we’re exposing you to a life-saving Disaster Relief Program, larger-then-life performers, and death defying classes!
::::::::::::::Do it Now:::::::::::::
Mutual Aid Disaster Relief in Haiti is a diverse network of individuals and organizations working in solidarity with the people of Haiti during this time of crisis.
* Providing direct medical aid, medical and social advocacy;
* Establishing a grassroots structure that allows the effective distribution of aid.
* Documenting the developing situation on the ground and providing an alternative media source
Donations will immediately go towards:
* Provision of emergency medical supplies and gear;
* Travel costs for medics and team to reach devastated areas of Haiti; and
* Supporting grassroots relief efforts on the ground.
100% of donations go to emergency relief & are tax deductible.
Donate online at our website www.mutualaiddisasterrelief.org or contact : MutualAidRelief@gmail.com
Or drop off checks or money orders at the front desk of 3rd Ward . Payable to Artistic Evolution : Haiti Disaster Relief.
:::::::::::Saturday, January 23rd::::::::::::
Sky Box Aerial Open Mic
Aerialists and variety circus performers from far and wide come together to present you with one epic little show.
MC’d by the infamous Kae Burke (of the House of Yes Christmas Spectacular acclaim)
Performers include Aerial Violinist Janice Martin (as seen on America’s Got Talent), former Cirque du Soleil performer Sara Joel’s amazing bubble chair piece, Graham Skipper of FUCT Comedy Troupe (shield your eyes) along with members of Lady Circus and the usual suspects from the House of Yes.
Musical chairs with D_Juice and Reza
11-2am
Join is in a thrilling game of musical chairs after the cabaret show as DJ’s D_Juice and Reza heat up the turntables. Stack the folding chairs as quickly as possible to turn the theater into a dance party.
Coconut smoothies and sangria by LoveGrrl. Feel free to BYOB as well.
Doors at 8pm, show at 9!
$10.
:::::::::6 days a week!:::::::::::
Whether your New Years resolution was to get more fit, test your fears, or just try something new, Sky Box provides a wide array of classes from pole dance to trapeze to silks to even ballet. go to www.theskybox.org/classes to sign up!
House of Halloween Hangover
We survived Halloween…kind of. Our wigs are caked in dried blood, our bodies and egos are bruised, and our psyches are forever scarred from this weekend. We made it out alive, or at least half-alive, and The House of Yes is no longer haunted (check out www.houseofyes.org/gallery/ to see how terrible it got!). Like it or not, there is life after Halloween and we are still as busy as ever with workshops, clothing swaps and dance parties. Come over to House of Yes this week, and we will help you get over your Post-Halloween-Depression.
:::::::::::Tuesday, November 3rd:::::::::::
Make Fun Open Studio
:::::::::Wednesday, November 4th:::::::::
“Our Friends’ House Burned Down” Clothing Swap!
byob as always
:::::::::Friday, November 6th:::::::::
Anti CMJ Festival
930pm until..
$7, B.Y.O.B.
Surprise Circus/Aliens/terrorists/Kooks/Vagabonds …in attendance…
::::::::::Saturday, November 7th::::::::
DJ Mojo Presents:
A NYC Legend… for decades supporting fledgling bands and keeping the
rock n roll banner waving high. This saturday night at The House of Yes… DJ Mojo Presents 4 amazing live bands to blow your mind. Check back on www.houseofyes.org/events/ for full listing of bands.
myspace.com/djmojo
Doors at 9PM
$10 bucks….BYOB
::::::::::Sunday, November 8th::::::::
DJ $mall ¢hange Presents:
No Parking on ze Dancefloor!
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.
Ski Beats…..Dude produced a number of tracks on Jay Z’s 1st LP
Brown Bum…. a wide spectrum of funk and classic hip hop
Stylus….Responsible for the Brooklyn Wonderland parties
Tinsletown….a man about town
On top of all that my homegrrl and super stoopid dancer / dance instructor Cathy Richards will be around at 9pm showing folks various Bboy and hip hop moves.
Love Grrl’s fab smoothies we will have free refreshing beverages courtesy of Bot.
$5-$500 sliding scale donation (be nice to the doormen)
6pm-12pm BE THERE!
24/7
For the first time ever we actually have it all for you all. Learn slapstick, sewing and aerial from the best, see performance art at its weirdest, and then again at its nakedest later on in the week, AND although we promised no more dance parties ever again, we were talked into squeezing one in anyways….it wasn’t so bad after all, and only one person tagged our fancy bathroom.
:::::::::::Wednesday October 21st:::::::::::
Slapstick Dojo: Learn to Fall Funny
The Slapstick Dojo teaches physical comedy using martial arts techniques. Students will learn how to trip, slip, fall down, and slap each other in safe and funny ways. This conflict may be between individuals, between a person and an object, or between a person and his environment. The class operates similar to a yoga or martial arts class, where students of all skill levels are encouraged to come to “workout” and further develop technique. Borrowing ideas from martial arts training such as Kata and Waza the Slapstick Dojo aims to teach slapstick techniques and classic slapstick gag structure.
5-25$ 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.
House of Sexy
This weekend, we are exploring our sexuality, and we would like you to be there for it! We are screening porn…yes PORN! We are featuring hot girls in spandex hanging off the ceiling…HOT GIRLS! And we are partying with the sexy Taylor Mac…TAYLOR MAC!
:::::::::Friday the 25th::::::::::
Porno Jim’s Otherworld Revue
……Because America Needs Better Porn
Porno Jim takes you down to the scenic underbelly of New York City and beyond. Join him as he hosts an evening of obscene artistes and scandalous pornography. Titilating, exhilirating, dirty and hilarious, this is a super sexy variety show that focuses on good porn, bad porn and all things porn!
Porno porn porn porn porn porn porn! Naked people having sex! On camera!
13 and over only.
9:00 pm doors, 9:30 show
$10
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CLOUD SWING & CREATIVITY WORKSHOP
Cloud swing is an aerial apparatus we recently stumbled upon due to Seanna Sharpe who’s been teaching “circustentialism” here at Sky Box. Its a big loop of rope suspended by two points. Using it requires a mixture of trapeze, silk and hammock skills. Whether you are an absolute beginner or a seasoned swinger, this is a chance to explore, create, and play on one of the most comfortable and enjoyable pieces of circus equipment ever invented. We will learn mounts, climbs, wraps, and drops for ALL LEVELS
In addition to being a ship-load of fun, this event is a FUNDRAISER to buy us all what we`ve always wanted – a cloud swing of our very own, which will live at the Skybox and be available for lessons, rehearsals, and even performance!
Workshop will be CAPPED at 8 people, so please RSVP for your ticket to the sky at theskybox.org/calendar.
8:00 – 10:00 $25-40 workshop sliding scale
10:00-12:00 $10 dance party and sing along with Colin (The worlds Happiest Man) and Mitchell (the world’s Accordion All-Star)
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A LILY’S REVENGE FUNDRAISER
At the beautiful House of Yes, come witness the voluptuous musical revolutions of Not Waving but Drowning with special guest Darlinda Just Darlinda, Alex Drewchin, Orange Democracy, the libidinous undulations of Malcolm Stewart, the inimitable Machine Dazzle, the illusoire Darrell Thorne, roaming bluegrass from Free Advice, a silent auction and much more; all in honor of Taylor Mac’s, “The Lily’s Revenge”.
Surround yourself in an evening of creative alliance, an event about bringing together creative workers to support, nurture and inspire one another! Throw on your old bowler hat, your severest Victorian dress and come out to The Visionary Trust’s first fundraising event! Because if artists don’t support each other then who will?
The majority of the proceeds will go to Taylor Mac to compensate the 80+ collaborators and performers who have worked so hard on “The Lily’s Revenge”, opening October 29th at Here Arts!
7:00 pm
$15 donation at the door
Back to School!
At House of Yes, we’re going back to school and getting back into the autumn groove. It’s time to stop fucking around outdoors at BBQs and Picnics, and it’s time to get serious about seeing, doing and learning some new things….
At House of Yes, we are rehearsing and preparing for upcoming shows that will entertain you throughout the upcoming fall, and into winter. We are constantly collecting interesting people to do interesting things at our space, so don’t be shy if you want to do something here… We need people to perform, teach and show their stuff. Contact us and let us know what you can do if you would like us to host you. In the meantime, come over and get your act together. info@houseofyes.org
9/9:::::WEDNESDAY: Back to Learning:
Host a Workshop at HOY
Night School is out of session for this Wednesday, but we are seeking Teachers who can share their skills with our eager learners. Anyone with an idea for a class based in any type of movement, performance, dance, acting, music or fun is welcome to come share their talents by teaching a workshop. Night School is every Wednesday, starting at 9pm, but we are available to host your workshop on other evenings, depending. We may also be able to host an ongoing class in dance or performance if you so please. Most classes are a $5-$25 donation, with the teacher keeping the majority of the donations. Basically, we just want to learn new tricks, and we want you to as well. To teach a class, contact Kae Burke at kaeburke@gmail.com. Check our Sex-Ed class, featured in Time Out NY!
9/10:::THURSDAY: Back to the Beat
The Bushwick Wildlife Preserve presents: Warehouse Thursdays
Dance, magic, decadence, rock n roll, booze, hip hop, art, love, lust, good times. With Le Bilance, Che Grand, and DJ Johnsville (the funkiest Puerto Rican in Williamsburg spinning house, disco, 80s, electronica, soul, and hip hop).
The House Of Yes
342 Maujer Street, at Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn
L train to Grand Street station
9p doors; $5 BYOB
9/11::::::FRIDAY: Back to Acting
Playing and Presence: A Physical Approach to Acting and Performing
This two-hour workshop is geared toward performers of all types, including actors, aerialists, singers, and dancers. The aim of the workshop is to uncover the child-like sense of wonder that each of us can find within ourselves, and infuse our approach to performance with openness, spontaneity, and adventure. It’s about remembering that, as performers, our “work” is actually PLAY; from moment to moment to moment to moment. The series of exercises will draw from sources as various as the physical acting techniques of Jerzy Grotowski, the deconstructionist choreographic theory of the Six Viewpoints, the laser-precision of Neo-Classical textwork, and the mind-and-body expanding practices of Tantra Yoga. Please bring a memorized piece of text, about one minute in length. Twelve lines of Shakespeare will do if you’re stuck. It can even be a song. This workshop is open to all, regardless of level of experience in any field of performance.
This workshop is $20.
Taught by our brilliant instructor, Michael Bartelle… www.michaelbartelle.com .
BACK TO ACTION: Call for Participation
:::::Aerial Open Mic: Seeking performers for September 18th
The Skybox at the House of Yes is currently seeking performers and acts to showcase during our maritime-themed, aerial-infused open mic. The performance will take place at Skybox (www.theskybox.org), on Friday, September 18. The theme is all things maritime. Pirates, mermaids, sailors, octopi, aquatic creatures and boats are all acceptable inspirations, but feel free to think of your own maritime influence. In the past we have hosted open mic performances that were entirely aerial-focused, but we are now opening our open mic up to all inspired people with brilliant acts to show their stuff! As long as it’s maritime, we want to see it! We are also pleased to announce that we have a phenomenal MC for this show. His name is Ben “he-man” Devoe and he’s a real life pirate! He lives on the giant ferryboat parked a few blocks from Skybox with his other pirate friends. Aside from being absolutely hilarious and a great singer, he was also once a bodybuilder. There will be a simple audition process, conducted by Anya. Please contact her at anya(at)ladycircus.com to discuss. She is away at sea for the moment, so please allow a few days for a response.
::::House of Yes helps the Yes Men…(and you can too)
We are currently helping the Yes Men (theyesmen.org) hatch a top-secret project involving Survivaballs that will prank the corporate masses. This is the biggest operation that the yes men have ever tried, and they need your help to make it float. Literally. Click the links if you want to be a part of a large-scale practical joke.
If you are a group leader and want to organize your friends:
fill out this group availability form, one time on behalf of your group
If you are willing to wear corporate or clean professional looking attire AND/OR a Survivaball, fill out this:
individual availability form on behalf of yourself
If you are a shooter with your own equipment:
update your availability here and Brandon will be in touch with you
:::::Is there a Yoga Teacher in the House?
No there is not. And there SHOULD be!
We have had requests for a yoga class at the House of Yes. If you are interested in teaching yoga on a donation basis, please contact kaeburke@gmail.com, so we can discuss a schedule and details. We already have blocks, straps and yoga mats. We just need someone to make us go “OM”.
Hatian vs. Vegan!
Wednesday, September 2nd
Night School: Double Feature
This Wednesday we are offering two classes at the same time! Only at the House of Yes can you find a vegetarian cooking class right next to a Haitian dance class. Same time, same place, same price. Come, choose and learn something new.
Dances of Snakes and Dirty Old Dead Men
Rich and complex, Afro-Haitian folkloric dance has a movement and rhythm for every mood, but here we’ll stick to the basics of three. First, we’ll practice the undulating, snaky moves of Yanvalou, emulating waves and the serpent god. Then we’ll crank it up with the crazy carnival dance Rara. And lastly Banda, where we’ll take on the persona of naughty gede spirits, who drink, cuss, and dance nasty (they even rub hot peppers on their privates, but we’ll skip that) to stimulate procreation and to create laughter. To really get into Banda, consider bringing a cane, sunglasses (pref with one lens) and a hat—and wear something black and torn that you can move in. Haitian rum will be on hand—and hopefully a drummer. $10-$25 (to cover drummer and rum)
For the past decade, Libby Sentz has immersed herself in Afro-Haitian dance. A wordsmith by day, you can often find her at night performing with the Mikerline Haitian Dance and Drum Company or the Hungry March Band.
Cooking with Compassion: Vegan and Vegetarian Gourmet Cuisine
Adopting a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle is not only healthier for you and of course our furry friends, but studies are also showing it to significantly reduce your ecological footprint. In this course we will create an exciting five course dinner menu that will impress your gastronome guests, from appetizer to decadent dessert. Also we will be covering the basics of veggie and vegan cooking, stocking the veggie pantry, as well as the secrets to easily adapting your favorite recipes.
9pm-11:00
10-20$ sliding scale
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Saturday, Sept 5
Stranded!
House of Yes will be quiet, as we venture to Sunset Park to go exploring with our friends Winkel & Balktik. You should come.
House of Non-Sequitor
Ice Cream. Hip-Hop. Mime. Sex-ed. Air-Conditioners. Inflatable Balls.
Ice Cream:
Eat some.
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Hip-Hop:
August 22nd
Aja Monet’s Birthday/Going Away BASH!!!
Aja Monet, word-sorceress and every-day rock-star, is leaving us for Chicago- but she’s leaving us with a hip-hop/spoken word/mash-up party that we will never forget. We still remember her original throw-down at the original House of Yes, back in August 2007, and people are still talking about it. Dont just hear about it. Be here.
10pm
$7 before 11, $10 after
Hosted by BLACK CRACKER & KSWIFT
performances by:
Miz Metro
Miss Angelina
Shyvonne
FM Supreme
NYLE
Oveous Maximus
AMANDA DIVA
and countless SPECIAL GUEST appearances!!!
MUSIC BY: DJ JASMINE SOLANO & DJ TARA
The House of Yes
342 Maujer st
(btwn waterbury and morgan ave)
Take the L train to Grand st.
B.Y.O.B.
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Mime:
Night School: Beginning Pantomime with Jeff Seal!
August 25th
$5-15 sliding scale donation.
9pm-11pm
@ House of Yes
This class will give you the basics of “pantomime blanche” or white-faced illusion-based mime. Students will learn exercises involving fixed-point, isolation, resistance and the other building blocks of pantomime and physical acting in general. These skills can help a performer more effectively communicate his/her ideas and emotions with an audience through clear and precise physical articulation. They are useful for any performer from an improviser to an aerialist.
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Sex-Ed:
Night School: “This Ain’t Your High School Sex Ed Class”
August 26th
9-11:30pm
Four sexy New York City women will answer the questions that weren’t in your textbooks like:
1) To bite or not to bite
2) How to get in the back door
3) Why oral is a must and why you are not doing it right (even if you think you are…)
4) The fine art of flirtation
5) … and lots more to come
In addition, there will be informative videos, exercises, and information about not just sex but dating. At the end of the class, we will answer any and all of your questions. Don’t be shy, we won’t be! 
You should expect there to be an open cooler of beer, a special guest who’s not just full of hot air, and plenty of homework.
21+ only and geared toward men*. $5-25 sliding scale donation. Max 40 people.
(*Women are welcome to join us, but should know the info and perspective of the class will be for men.)
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Air-Conditioners:
Why not?
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Inflatable balls:
House of Yes Helps the Yes Men!
(and You can Too!)
Our friends the Yes Men (http://www.theyesmen.org/) need your help NOW to pull off some large-scale shenanigans in September. It’ll be fun and stupid, and it’ll probably create a splash in the media. They are professionals at playing pranks on corporations.
Be a part of something big!
Right now in Make Fun we are constructing 20 large-scale, ridiculous costumes to be worn at events, actions and appearances.
If you have sewing or building skills, please help this super-secret-project come to life! We are working from 12pm-11pm every day except Saturday/Sunday.
Email Kaeburke@gmail.com if you would like to sew and change the world! Let us know when you can come by.
We also need people who can wear the costumes, document, edit or just help in anyway they possibly can. Want to be involved? contact Larken at larken@artevolve.org.
We will be working from Make Fun at the House of Yes
342 Maujer, Bushwick (L train to Grand Street)
makefunstudio.com
Thanks!
The Yes Men & House of Yes.
House of Learn Stuff/Do Stuff
Tuesday, August 4th
Make Fun Open Studio
Make Fun open studio is back and better than ever! The first Tuesday of every month, we open up our costume and clothing studio and invite you to come create. Make Fun is a fabric workshop and sewing studio that exists for anyone who wants to sew, glue, experiment and build with fabric. We provide sewing machines, thread, fabric, scissors and a variety of material to help you create customized costumes, clothes, curtains, puppets, pants, parasols, stuffed animals, capes, or anything else you can imagine. Please bring Food, Drink, any materials you wish to use or donate, half-finished projects and inspiration. 10-20$ covers supplies and assistance. If you cant make it Tuesday, but want to come make something, we also offer space rental. Email kaeburke at-gmail-dot-com for more information.
www.makefunstudio.com
10-20$ sliding scale.
7pm-11pm
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Night School: Movement Improv Workshop
This week at Night School, we will explore new ways to move your body through space using various exercises designed to encourage participants to get out of their mind and into their bodies.
We will be warming up with blindfolded solo work, finding the place in us that is beyond mind and logical thinking. We will move into partner work, exploring ways to stay connected with ourselves while authentically engaging with another human. To close out we will experiment with a massive group improvisation culminating into a free form unpredictable dance explosion.
Be brave, be creative, dare to look ridiculous. A fun and supportive place to go insane for a couple hours.
Facilitated by Lopi LaRoe who is a bona fide genius of mental experimentation.
$5 – 15 sliding scale
No one turned away for lack of funds
9pm-11pm