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.
Good Vibes & Great Times
As much as we try to denounce all forms of Hippie Bullshit, House of Yes is more than just a crazy art space filled with sexy circus freaks, glitter and booze! Our art space is a “Sacred Space”, built on the foundations of positivity, light, love and other spiritual stuff.
This week & next week we offer spiritually fulfilling events of theatre, dance and dinner.
The next two weeks may change your state of consciousness…and possibly your LIFE! Bring Your Own Energy!
Om Shanti, motherfuckers.
::::::Thursday, June 10th:::::::
Chance and Other Games of Love
A fun-filled, original show featuring high-energy dance numbers, funny and intellectually stimulating theater, live music, and amazing aerial feats! This is the springtime antidote for your autumn and winter blues. Dancing robots, birds of a feather and beachballs abound.
Starring, produced, and created by Tricycle Theater’s Evangeline Reilly, Alexis Hosea, and Kira Kupfersberger. Featuring talented and astonishing aerialist Ellie Steingraber on lyra.
9pm
$10
::::::::::Saturday, June 12th::::::::::
XANAPOLS FUNDRAISER
A ceremony & shamanistic dance throw-down!
Ledgendary DJs & Producers, aerial all night, freedom, body painting, positivity, dancing, love, love, love.
The night is a fundraiser to expand Xanapols as a conscious festival to travel the earth’s sacred hot spots and return with secrets and energies to give back to you. Help spread the international and universal light and love!
The purpose of Xanapols is to unite people & help each other grow as spirits on earth. Xanapols has the butterfly effect. What is created at these ceremonies, parties and festivals causes a positive vibration that can help to counteract negativity and darkness.
Featuring multi-platinum producer DJ Toni C, underground mastermind DJ Barney Iller, conscious hip hop prophet G Truth Now, stunning vocalist Reign of Elephants, Queens Rise, Revolution Live, Cyphered Threads, Unitribe, Fun Machine, Kimberly Wyma on piano, Aerial by Nikki Borodi, Megan Hornaday, Amanda Silaski and more.
So let’s gather to merge the beats as one….Bring your Own Energy!!! Dress in your mystical costumes and inspire the higher state of creation and expression. Juice & beverages will be available.
8pm til 4am
$15/door, $10/costume
::::::::::Sunday, June 13th::::::::::
BLUE: DINNER THEATRE
Blue, as it relates to the skies and the seas, represents clarity, optimism and crisp cool atmosphere. Enjoy a one night performance and three course meal from NEW HUE, the people who brought you RED for Valentine’s day. This time we will evoke the energy of the wind and waves to bring you six continuous performances in our 360 degree stage and seemingly endless ceiling. Be treated like royalty, feast on the bounties of the ocean, served by giants and mused by sirens. This is a night of immersive experience, arousing your senses to swim through the skies and fly through the sea with us.
$50 ticket includes gourmet cuisine, music, video art, dancers, stilters, acrobatics, ice sculpture, fire and fantasy. Share with us a one night experience like no other. Formal attire is requested, the color blue is suggested.
Seating is ****very*** limited!
PRESALE ONLY here!
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/111979
7pm-11pm
:::::::::NEXT THURSDAY June 17th::::::::::::
BATOY: Back After Thousands Of Years ~
A collective of artists, musicians, dancers and healers bringing the peace party to the people.
Ancient ritual meets modern vision as together we manifest a sacred space to celebrate life, love and transformation.
A magical night of ceremony and performance set to unfold…
Featuring:
Kirtan
Cumba Mela
Dynasty Electrik
Optimus Tribe
Joro Boro
Unitribe
Green Bus
Arawa
Let us celebrate the human experience. Love love love!!!
http://batoy.org/
9pm
$10
:::::::NEXT FRIDAY, June 18th::::::
Aerial Variety Show & GAY GAY GAY.
Come for the circus, stay for our first post-apocalyptic queer freakshow party!
8pm Doors til late.
$10
::::::::AERIAL MERMAIDS NEEDED for Mermaid Parade June 19th!:::::::::
House of Yes is erecting an 180 foot tall aerial rig on the roof of Cha-Cha’s Atlantis’ on the boardwalk of Coney Island for Mermaid Parade! We’re seeking very creative aerial mermaids to perform for the masses.
email anya@ladycircus.com for consideration!
::::::::::AUDITIONS FOR THE CIRCUS OF CIRCUS::::::::
JUNE 23rd
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.
:::::::::::::::::SAVE THE DATE:::::::::::
Anya Sapozhnikova’s Epic Birthday Party: Saturday, August 14th 12 Hour Celebration of Anya being alive for 24 years on the rooftop of Cha-Cha’s. Email anya@sapozhnikova.com to apply to perfrom, dj, work
for very little money for this historic event.
:::::::::SAVE THE DATE:::::::::
House of Yes Xmas Spectacular, December 2010
Theatrical Celebrations of Christmas around the WORLD!
:::::::::SAVE THE DATE:::::::::
End of the world, 2012.
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.
Faux Fashion & Dance Crashin’
Friday is the strangest fashion show ever. Get dressed up.
Saturday is a night of hot music and Hip Hop royalty.
Get danced up!
:::::::::::Friday, April 30th::::::::::
NEW FAUX
performance fashion show
New Faux is a showcase of the city’s most innovative designers and performers, transforming the cat-walk into a spectacular stage to display imaginative works of wearable art. Expect the surreal and sincere as dancers, singers, aerialists, drag queens and contortionists model bizarre and brilliant creations in a performance-infused fashion show built to excite and inspire.
Featuring collections from Kae Burke, Papusza Couture, Lolli Popitt, Third Earth Designs, Emma Emma, AlienNation, Xango by Jessi Klein and Celso de la Blanca. Performances by electro-pop trio Tayisha Busay, the infamous Narcissister, members Lady Circus, the Skybox Aerialists, dance by Casa de la Blanca, the musical stylings of IV and many more. Hosted by the infinitely stylish Dandy Wellington.
Dancing til late with music by D Juice, Tinseltown and Paris.
Complimentary cocktails will be available for eccentric dressers, so please feel free to show off.
Doors at 8:00, show at 9pm. Dancing and performances til late.
$10 for show. $5 after 11pm.
:::::::::::Saturday, May 1st::::::::::::
NO SLEEP IN BROOKLYN
Melle Mel from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5!!!
10pm BONES HOWELL
1030pm THE SYNDROME
11pm PEEP HOLE
11.30pm YOUNG JIMMY & LADY KAI FEAT.HIP HOP LEGEND GRAND MASTER MELLE MEL
12pm AEON CRUNC
12.30pm DJ M.C. K~SWIFT
rockin out the remainder of the night
Free Beer until….we run out.
BYOB!
Live painting by Lexi Bella, Andre Trenier, Marthalicia Matarrita
10pm til late.
$15. 18 and over.
Tenderloins and Tenements
This week, we have not one but TWO opportunities to party for a good cause. So drink up, and dance all night. Its good karma, and we know you need more of that.
TO DO LIST:
1. See Historical NYC Onstage!
2. Help a Tenement!
3. Help an old lady!
4. Just say Yes Yes.
5. Get some DOME.
::::Thursday, April 22nd:::::
A SLICE OF THE TENDERLOIN
A Very New York City Vaudeville Show
NYCentric Events and The Giddy Multitude Present a night of comedy, music, vaudeville and burlesque that celebrates the sordid and sexy tales of lavish old New York. From the Gay Nineties to the Roaring Twenties, some of Gotham’s greatest citizens have come out to share the stories, songs and the tassles of a city soaked in glamor and drowning in sin. Burlesque Performances by Busty Kitten, Sweet Lorraine, Sizzle Dizzle, JZ & N, Flying Fox, Lovely Rae and more!
Doors at 8:30pm
$20 at the door, $16.50 online here:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/105579
::::::Friday, April 23rd:::::::
TENEMENT STREET FUNDRAISER!
Tenement Street Workshop non-profit artist collective is taking over the House of Yes for the evening to raise some cash to make theatre, art and music happen. Come dance with sexy people, and help make their upcoming plays and performances possible! Featuring performances by Boom Chick (brooklyn), Man & Dog (baltimore) and Automatic Earth (brooklyn) and a DJ set by Arcady.
9pm, $10
:::::::Saturday, April 24th:::::::
YES at YES
THE YES YES YALLS (featuring shameless plug, john blake and cool dj adverb)
NYCE ‘N’ RECKLESS (dj/drummer combo)
SPEC BOOGIE
MOUSE ALEXANDER
MID-NITE
9pm-4am
$10 cover at the door
21 and over
Beverages Available.
:::::::Sunday, April 23rd:::::::
DOMES FOR HAITI
Join us for an amazing night of fun: film, music, dance, information and support!
Domes for Haiti is a grass roots disaster relief project that addresses the immediate need for hurricane and earthquake resistant transitional shelter in Haiti. Basically, we are sending geodesic domes to Haiti so that these people can live again!
Lets get these Haitians some DOME!
Amazing music provided by Makandal drummers, get ready to shake your booty! Band of Bicycles will be mixing up some delicious Rum smoothies Domes for Haiti T-shirts, designed and printed by Lopi LaRoe
Film screening of Poto Mitan: Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy, made by Renée Renata Bergan.
Doors at 7pm, things start shaking @ 7:30pm and go late!
$5 and up (strongly encouraged $10-$20 donation)
potomitan.net : bandofbicycles.com : makandal.org
Cheap Week!
Fun is Free. Other things are not. This week we have cheap things for you to do, and they’re fun too!
House of Yes…On Sale
1. $5 for White Tigers
2. $5 for Hot Dog Parties.
3. $8 for Pornography…
3. $10 for Parking Tickets.
4. $10 for Eyepatch Rituals.
:::::Wednesday, April 14th::::::
NIGHT OF THE WHITE TIGER
Ornery Little Darlings from Chicago and Asa Ransom from Brooklyn invite you to a glorious evening of spectacle and rock n roll. This union of live-loud-shake-your-ass-not-fuckin-around-we-are-getting-down music will be supported by the mesmerizing local duo, Frederick’s Brown, aerial dancing, atmospheric set design, eccentric costumes (please join us), plentiful libation and DJ Russala rounding out the evening.
Doors at 9pm
$5-$10 sliding scale.
::::::Thursday, April 15th:::::::::
WAREHOUSE THURSDAYS
A Fundraiser for the House of Yes Music Studio!
Help us sound better! Show up!
TECLA (the rocktronica black cinderella)
THE PEEPS! (fun dance punk with enough Oi! for em all)
TAYISHA BUSAY! (dirty 80′s electronic dancey smut music)
DJ LUCAS WALTERS! (spinning that electro glam surf shit)
VJ 3000 A.D behind the projector and ambiance all night!!
Doors at 9pm
$5 at the Door OR…
$15 for the complimentary open bar all night
:::::::Friday, April 16th:::::::
BIKE PORN 3:
a collection of short erotic films… and bikes.
Bike Porn, a Portland based project initiated in 2007, has developed into a touring film festival of shorts exploring the eroticism and sexuality of human-powered transportation.Though Bike Porn they aim to break taboo, provide a forum for emerging artists to screen their work, and facilitate cultural acknowledgement of fringe communities. The show is an exhilarating experience, but the real magic happens afterwards when people who otherwise would feel uncomfortable discussing sex, gender or other topics are able to speak freely. The films are hetero and queer oriented, but above all sex positive and full of bikesexuality. For adult audiences. Feeling bike-curious? Check out one of the trailers on www.bikesmut.com
Three Screenings at 8pm, 10pm and midnight
$8
::::::::Saturday, April 17th::::::::::
NO PARKING…
We need to rapp about another installment of america’s favorite dance (and yes you must dance beeyotches!) party, NO PARKING ON THE DANCEFLOOR.
This one’s kinda especial cos it features one of my musical heroes (and one of the nicest mofos out there to boot) SAL PRINCIPATO of Liquid Liquid fame. C’mon ppl. Liquid Liquid. Do yer homework. Plus another long time true school true new york motherfucker, DJ COURAGE. Bonus beats provided by DJ Derigueur, another nyc mofo doing his thaaaang both on the audio and visual tip. Talented mofo fasho. And mice elf. Y’know. Party And Get On Down. So bring yer best moves ppl. Bar flavors and mixes by Love Grrl.
11pm-5am
$10
:::::::Also on Saturday:::::::
(Not at House of Yes, but right around the corner at 3rd Ward…)
XANGO by Jessi Klein.
The Releasing of Spring Collection 2012.
The gates will open at 8:30 pm. The ritual will start promptly at 9:30..followed by Dj’s Cumba Mela, Geko Jones and UPROOT ANDY until the sun is high in the Bushwick ambrosial skyline! Art Installation and additional collaborators include: Zev Deans, Unitribe, Green Bus Tour, and Mark McNamara.
A percentage of earnings from the bar will be donated to Domes for Haiti, so please support this beautiful movement. Special YES Discount: Simply say “Shalo” at the door and get in for only $10.
Gates: 8:30pm Show: 9:30pm
3rd Ward. 195 Morgan Ave.
$15 Bones
$10 with password.
Be our Intern! Be our friend!
House of Yes To-Do List:
1. Be our Intern!
2. Pop, Lock, Waack and Spazz at Soul Cabaret
3. Figure out what do with your life.
4. See Wonderful Wonders at House of Wonders
5. Get High and do Aerial!
6. See CALIGULA MAXIMUS for $10
7. Go swimming.
::::::::INTERN!::::::
Things are getting busy, and we need you! Interested in helping and having fun? YES!
House of Yes is seeking experienced, enthusiastic interns to assist with events, productions and projects. Our Space is a venue for events and theatrical productions that also includes Skybox Aerial training facility, Make Fun costume studio and a recording studio. Visit houseofyes.org for more information.
We are specifically seeking individuals interested in:
*Lighting/Sound/Video Tech
*Event management
*Promotion/communication
*Creative Project Management
*Event set-up & décor, making stuff, doing stuff, ect.
If you are interested in any or all of these House of Yes aspects, please send a brief description of your interests and background as well as a CV with any relevant experience to info@houseofyes.org.
Experience in nightlife, theatre or event production is a plus. Positive attitude is a MUST.
Benefits include free admission plus one to all of our events, performances and parties as well as special deals in Skybox aerial space and Make Fun costume workshop. Must be available at least 8 hours per week. Stipend will be provided to dedicated individuals, with lots of paid job opportunities in the near future.
email info@houseofyes.org to apply.
:::::Friday March 19th:::::::
Akim Funk Buddha’s Soul Cabaret & Funk Raiser
An enchanting evening of Soulful cabaret created by the one and only theatrical hip-hop choreographer and performer Akim Funk Buddha. Akim Funk Buddha travels through time and space with his magical Boom box, meeting perplexing characters such as Carmen from Bizet’s 18th Century Opera. Witness a prolific journey of action packed interactions that include martial arts, aerial dance, and urban dances such as, body popping, vouging and ‘Waacking.’ (A re-emerging dance from the 70′s as seen on Soul Train.) Get your drink and your DANCE ON, after the cabaret with D.J Small Change. Bringing you the classics of funk and Soul.
Performers Include:
Aerial Dance – Kae Burke, Stephanie and Ruby
Dancers – Svea Schneider,
Rebecca Fox, Katrin Blantar, Ray Davis, Loui, Martina, Akiko Tokuoka,
Jed Forman John Mitchel (The Funky Geisha), Princess Lockerooo (Carmen)
9pm til 2am
$10
::::::::::Saturday, March 20th:::::::::
‘HOUSE OF WONDERS’
presented by House of Yes, Blackamerica, Coffee Grind Media, Stereo Crowd & Brainmixer Lab.
-A Night of Peerless Prodigies, Physical Phenomena and Great Presentation of Marvelous Living Human Curiosities!!!!
Come One, Come All!!
Step Right Up and See the Amazing Acts
With your HOST and Ringmaster…MR MANHATTAN
BEHOLD!! Beautiful, Bawdy BURLESQUE!!!!
EXPERIENCE the DANCE and RHYTHMS from the CONTINENT of AFRICA!!!!
DJ Fred Ones and DJ Ulys on the 1′s and 2′s!!!
Featuring the MUSICAL TALENTS of Blackamerica, Rebelmatic, Stereo Crowd, Chance Amillion and Team Flight Club
WITNESS the AMAZING AERIAL ACROBATICS of Kae Burke & Nikki Borodi
SEE the MASTERFUL WORKS of WORLD RENOWNED VISUAL ARTISTS
Aaqil, nAmi, Jendog, E Horowitz, Nacinimod, Nkruma Rock & Metal, Asya Mandel
Sponsored By:
Homage Skate Shop, Methods NYC, Raw Revolution, Intricate Concepts and
Bluebaby Designs
Doors at 9
$10 at the Door.
BYOB
::::THIS WEEKEND::::
Thursday 18th, Friday 19th, Saturday 20th
This is your last weekend to see Caligula Maximus at LaMaMa Theatre for only $10! Most people pay $30, but because you are awesome, you pay less. This show is freaking crazy, and “crazy” is kinda our forte. Caligula Maximus is Circus meets Musical, Brooklyn meets Rome…. on Broadway, well off-Broadway, but close enough. The writers/director/producers Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner realize that something like this is impossible to attempt without heavily relying on an underground community like ours. So they’re hooking up everyone who’s a friend of ours with 10 dollar tickets because hey, thats what you guys usually pay to see some top notch lawless and out of control spectacle.
Featuring founding member of the House of Yes…. Anya Sapozhnikova!
Your secret pasword is THOY. type that in when you get your ticket,
and you’re good to go.
https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/715425
:::::ONGOING!:::::
AIRTIME! Every Monday!
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
$15. Bring Your Own Unitard
Caligula-tastic!
Your House of Yes To-Do List:
1. Ride your Bike…in the rain.
2. Come Dance and “Riot” with us Friday night.
3. Make-out with your Ex.
4. See Caligula at LaMaMa!
::::::::::::Friday the 12th:::::::::::::
Fuck Work and School…Lets Dance! Last Minute Dance Party Fundraiser!
With:
DJ Dirty Finger – (Black Label, Dance!Attack!Dance!)
www.myspace.com/djdirtyfingers
DJ Spanky – (Electro Pop, Hip-Hop, DJing these random parties)
Danzie – (Ruff Club, zdanz.com)
Surprise performances and riot inspired projections to get you riled up.
10PM-4AM
10$
BYOB!!!
::::THIS WEEKEND…(and next weekend)::::
Caligula Maximus at LaMaMa
(special discount for our House of Yes friends!)
Friday 12th, Saturday 13th, Thursday 18th, Friday 19th, Saturday 20th
This show is freaking crazy, and “crazy” is kinda our forte. Caligula Maximus is Circus meets Musical, Brooklyn meets Rome…. on Broadway, well off-Broadway, but close enough. The writers/director/producers Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner realize that something like this is impossible to attempt without heavily relying on an underground community like ours. So they’re hooking up everyone who’s a friend of ours with 10 dollar tickets for the first 2 weeks this show’s running, because hey, thats what you guys usually pay to see some top notch lawless and out of control spectacle. Featuring founding member of the House of Yes…. Anya Sapozhnikova!
Your secret pasword is THOY. type that in when you get your ticket, and you’re good to go.
https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/715425
Caligula Maximus takes place on the last night of the notorious dictator’s life. Caligula, sensing the encroachment of monotheistic religions, holds a phantasmagoric revival meeting in which he attempts to save the world by ushering in a new religion with himself as its principle prophet and god. Caligula’s “senate” is an outrageous collection of circus performers, wrestlers, animals, show girls, body builders and freaks who enact his spectacles and indulge his whims and fantasies. This show contains pretty much every single theatrical element imaginable from stage combat to circus to huge dance numbers.
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
AERIAL! Aerial! aerial!….and Haiti!
Okay, so our friends are hosting a Haiti Fundraiser at the House of Yes this Friday!
Yes! We DO care! Don’t you? Yes you do! Come Help Haiti by hooping, dancing and having fun.
Saturday, we’re all about AERIAL, because thats what we do, that’s what we love, and we have 30 foot ceilings!
We want more friends to do aerial with us so Saturday you can come hang out with us! …. literally.
If you’re afraid of heights, thats fine! Come enjoy our Aerial Variety show and watch other people get high.
Oh….Just incase you didn’t know, we’re in the New York Times! Ta da! Hell Yes!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/garden/18party.html
::::::::::::::::::Friday, February 19th::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
HOOP FOR HAITI!
Learn to hula hoop, get some new tricks and impress your friends while contributing to Haiti Relief! Taught by the fabulously skilled Jill Maglio for beginners and experienced hoopers. All proceeds go directly to Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees, and donations are tax deductible!
6pm-7:30pm. $15+ Suggested Donation.
……………Followed By…..
HAITI FUNDRAISER
Masae and Psybotik Present…”THE HUE-MEN”
ALL of the event’s proceeds will go to the UNICEF & Doctors Without Borders”THE HUE-MEN” amazing dancers have generously donated their time and energy to this cause and will perform at the event.
8:30 Variety DANCE Show:
Acts ranging from aerial to burlesque to tribal bellydance featuring Red Goddess, Sela Solstice, Nicki Miller, Fayzah Claudia, Taryn Tulla, Brenna Crowley, Nahoko Sugiyama, Kaoru Megumi, Oyama, Kashimi, Tomoko, Saki, Masae
MUSIC:
Nikolai Ruskin, Kae Reed on percussion, Maya Osumi on singing bowl & shanty-chime
Art by Kenji Williams http://www.kenjiwilliams.com
Visuals: nasha_masha (Psybotik) www.mymasha.squarespace.com
11pm DJ’s:
SPiRO (Freek Factory, CoSM)
Cris Limon (Loud Monitors, THM)
Electrik (Psybotik)
Messenger Particle (Psybotik)
Matyas (Reality Engine)
Donation: $20
21+ BYOB
Doors at 7:30, Entertainment at 8:30
::::::::::::::::::Saturday, February 20th:::::::::::::::::::::::
FREE AERIAL JAM SESSION at Sky Box
Join us in some FREE airtime with sexy lighting and DJ 2Melo. Experience necessary to play but friends, lovers and fans are welcome to come watch.
The Sky Box is honored to represent New York City’s extensive aerial community in the Fourth Annual Dance Parade! On May 22nd, after marching in the parade on stilts and in glorious unitards, we are
setting up a 22′ tall rig in Tompkins Square Park for a post parade aerial performance extravaganza! Register to march with us at danceparade.org
5-7 pm. Bring Your Own Unitard
:::::::::::::::Saturday, February 20th::::::::::::::::::::
The Sky Box Aerial Open Mic!
A show of precision, daring and brawn
One lady will dance till her clothes are all gone!
Mind bending contortion from young AND from old
The best thing in Brooklyn if not in the World!
There’s even a fiddle, played upside down
and MC Kae Burke sure don’t mess around,
It’s death defying and always high flying
And just 10 bucks so stop all yer whinin’!
Please don’t be late and bring your own wine,
Doors are at 8 and show starts at 9!
:::::::::::::Upcoming:::::::::::::::
Next weekend, we bring you WONDERNEATH!
A theatrical and fantastical circus adventure written and produced by our dear friend Ali Schmitz.
Show opens February 26th, and continues for two weekends.
Tickets are $15 pre-sale, $20 at the door.
more info here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=287106320559&ref=ts
Gypsies vs. Cowboys vs. Hobos
After months of trying to be good (we installed a 7 foot tall cross right over the stage for the whole month of Jesus’s birthday) and not throw any parties ever, we’re somehow (yet again!) hosting an event that encourages stealing and illegal immigration on Friday and then glorifying the all-American outlaw lifestyle on Sunday.
:::::::::::Friday, January 8th:::::::::::
Thunder Gumbo III: Steal This Party
Much to their surprise the first thing the Thunder Gumbo crew saw in their intergalactic journey were a crew of Santa Clauses in the heart of ancient Babylon. However, they soon realized that the bunch of jolly drunk bastards speaking german in red suits knew of a way to steal 200 million dollars from an evil government of the future……
Finally the gumbers could afford to hold a performance contest to see who was the greatest criminal in the history of the universe. The winner of the contest would get to steal the party!
Consider The Source
From Eastern-European folk melodies and Indian rhythmic cycles to funky rock riffs and break beat drum & bass, audiences can’t decide whether to mosh, rave or belly dance.
Hellfire Machina
These guys are straight-up some of the best and most well known dubstep producers and Dj’s in New York. They are the shit!
Geko Jones
Renowned by top DJ’s and producers of the digital cumbia scene in Latin America and European bass-pundits alike
Vox Illuminati
Perfect for galactic freakouts…..sort of like the Butthole Surfers but more drunk. Sexy rocking criminal conspiracies.
Morphous
Fucking great dubstep producer and DJ with a late night set that will evaporate your socks.
Ultimate Performance Criminal Championship Contestants:
Joro Boro, Dr. Dolomite, Dr. Adventure, Jameela (Kabuki/Bellydance), Japon, Akim Funk Buddha, Sarah Alden(violin), Don Hope (Tuba/drums/percussion), Mitchell (Accordion/trombone)
Also featuring……………
Criminal visual VJ presentations by Justin Lange, Fugitive Face Painting by Kendalle Fiasco, Trenchcoat potion selling girls, $200,000,000 brought through the roof of the House of Yes with an incredible aerialist feat and….. a hookah.
In the modern world we’re all criminals whether or not we have victims, come to celebrate with us as a bank robber, mafia don, speakeasy operator, ninja assassin, batman villains, art thief, or straight up gansta! Yeahya!
8p-late, $10 with password
thundergumbo.com
::::::::::Sunday, January 10:::::::::::::::::
Mickey Western: The American Way :: RE-BOOT EXTRAVAGANZA
You’ve seen them play tinfoil covered art galleries, Western-themed circus shows, 8 hour-long Halloween sets, and blizzards all over this great land. Three weeks ago, on the eve of the greatest storm of the decade, the Mickey Western Band released their newest creation: The American Way. Despite historically low attendance at shopping centers and for the opening of “Avatar”, hundreds came out for the Mickey Western Band-Wagon. Some people couldn’t get in, and a few even got frostbite. For those folks, and you, the Mickey Western Band is pleased to bring a CD re-release party. Three months in the making, the album will be re-presented live, in its entirety, for one night only in the place it was recorded: The House of Yes. Featuring crazed country rave-ups, rocking odes to gambling and murder, plaintive ballads, and a steely, hard look back at How The West Was Won, you owe it to yourself to join in its re-celebration. With re-acrobatics and
re-hijinks by Lady Circus and the House of Yes, re-screenings of original motion pictures (starring members of the Mickey Western Band!) by CineGenius, re-projections and re-spectaculars by the Junkman, and a re-propaganda table by the Chelsea Gonzo.
All who attend will receive their very own copy of The American Way.
7:30p doors, 8 show; $10 entry includes a complimentary CD. Yes re-entry.
http://www.myspace.com/mickeywestern
::::::::Saturday, January 9:::::::::::::::
Hobotech and the newly launched Bushwick Print Lab join forces.
The winter has been long… however, the hobos are stirring.
Leave your cozy boxcar to witness a live screen printing fest and hobo convention of epic proportions.
Part 1:Bushwick Print Lab Benefit Party:
6-11 pm
Arrive at 6PM for Printing Madness! From 6-11PM, the admission is ($15 adv / $20 door) but includes a T-Shirt or Tote Bag that will be custom printed for you on the spot. Enjoy graphics by the best printers and designers in Brooklyn, all custom collaged on your apparel! Leave with a beautiful new garment of your design! And most importantly, enjoy an entire evening of Hobo beats from those who created this warm and hoe-down inducing genre of contemporary electronic music. All proceeds go to benefit the continued development of the Bushwick Print Lab. And of course, FREE HoBrew*. This is a BARGAIN! Support the Print Lab!
Bushwick Print Lab, at 1717 Troutman Street, is a new rental space offering film printing, screen-making, shelf and locker storage, and hourly and monthly shop rentals to artists, printers and designers who are seeking a professional and well equipped lab for silkscreen work in the Bushwick/Ridgewood area. We are so new that we don’t have a website up yet, but for the Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=65970631573&ref=ts
7:00 – David Last: classic reggae set!
8:00 – Honne Wells: wordless banjo and gospel
9:00 – Futurebum: gimme that old-time future!
10:00 – H_JUICE: d_juice brings it hobo style
Not a bad nights entertainment for your 20 ho-bones…. but wait!…. there is so much more!
Part 2: Hobotech 1 Year Anniversary Party:
11-4: At 11pm the Hobotech Bindlestick Beatdown Begins!
From here on in it’s $10 for booty shaking shenanigans. Free HoBrew if there’s any left!
MUSIC
11:00 – Hobotrail: Fiddle vs. Laptop Boxcar Cage Match!
12:00 – Jon Margulies: Depression-Era Techno
1:30 – ATOM: Mad Funky! No Clever Description!
3:00 – $mall ¢hange: serious old skool hobo boogaloo
4:00 – FreeBass: Remember when all we had to make music with was washtub, harmonica, ukelele, voice and incredibly powerful computer software? They do.
VIDEO BY
HOUSEWIVE’S GUIDE TO ANATOMY
SEEJ
VJ SILENCE
$15(limited advance) / $20(door) before 11pm, includes custom printed T-Shirt or Tote
$10 after 11pm (door only)
Advance Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/94080
End of the World Party (Just in Case)
Congratulations everyone, 2009 is finally over. We hear 2010 will be the best year of your life.
::::::::::::Thursday, December 31st:::::::::::::::::::
There is not a New Years Eve party at the House of Yes simply because what we are planning on doing is just a little too “DANGER”ious for our humble little theater. Instead, all the usual suspects are taking over a whole floor of a warehouse just 4 blocks away. We’re bringing our upright piano, aerial gear, our favorite brass bands and building a full carnival, corn dog stand included!!!
The party starts at 3rd Ward down the street, but if you wanna skip that and go straight to the circus go to 341 Scholes St. (right next to Morgan Ave) We’re on the first floor. Its so fancy!
We’re opening doors at 11 pm, and going till VERY late.
Come celebrate with the Lady Circus, Man Circus (our manly friends from the boat!) Stumblebum Brass Band, Raya Brass Band, Mikey Freedom-Hart and the moving piano lounge, Mickey Western, Vintage DJ, Mike Richtor the slack line pro, Owen the Big Skinny, Select members of FUCT comedy troupe and much much more.
Best thing ever and the greatest show on earth!
Full details can be found at thedanger.com
::::::::Sunday, January 3rd:::::::::::::::::::
NO PARKING ON THE DANCEFLOOR!!! 13? 14?
No parking baby, no parking on the dance floor. Like the song goes.
Midnight Star. Classic boogie ppl.
Now a sunday early evenin’ thang at house of yes, come thru and get down down down before you shitty shitty chitty chitty bang bang of a life starts up anew.
DJs: Mice elf, Dhundee, Mr. Vacation, $mall ¢hange.
$5-$500 suggested cover. So treat us right and bring enough gum for everybody!
7pm to midnight request line
Christmas is over, Rock and Roll!
We’re happy to inform you we have reached our goal of raising money and we’re eagerly awaiting really taking it to the next level in 2010. You have given generously and you’ll see soon enough how worth it it was! This community rocks, and we are more confident then ever that we will exist for an eternity.
Thank you all so much for sitting through The Christmas Spectacular the past two weeks. There ain’t going to be no sitting around this week though, wear comfortable shoes and we’ll see ya on the dance floor!
::::::::::::::Thursday, December 17th:::::::::::::::::::::
The Bushwick Wildlife Preserve presents………………Warehouse Thursdays
Simple…
2 DJ’s spinning that deep soul outerspace house funk hip hop and electro soundgasms to transport you to that blissful dimension known as “fuck yeah”.
DJ Ezrakh
get a heads up on his mixes here -> http://soundcloud.com/ezrakh/fun-ky-mix-sel-ezrakh
DJ Rookie
Better known as the Zulu Nation’s very own M.C. K~Swift -> http://www.mckswift.com
$7 all night! (in honor of being 7 days before Christmas!)
Party starts at 9PM and goes till 4AM! BYOB!!
::::::::::::::::::Friday, December 18:::::::::::::::::::::::
Cuddle Magic travels far and wide with tons of instruments, lamps, and a penguin. They make venues seem smaller. They make music with violins, drums, clarinets, basses, trumpets, keyboards, guitars, banjos, harmonicas, recorders, flutes, a vibraphone, and voices. They are as friendly and inclusive as their name might suggest — after forming as a quintet over a year ago, they have gradually come to incorporate more and more of their musical friends into the band, constructing intricate soundscapes that include elements of folk music, avant-garde classical music, world music, and urban music.
This is a good show to take your parents or your jazz professor to. We promise.
$10 donation. Bring a bottle of wine with you for a classy good time.
:::::::::::::Saturday, December 19th::::::::::::::::::::::
You’ve seen them play tinfoil covered art galleries, Western-themed circus shows, 8 hour long Halloween sets, and parks and parades all over this great land. Now, the Mickey Western Band are proud to present their latest work: The American Way. Three months in the making, this album will be presented in its entirety for one night only in the place it was recorded: The House of Yes. Featuring crazed country rave ups, rocking odes to gambling and murder, and plaintive ballads, you owe it to yourself to join in its celebration. With acrobatics and hijinks by Lady Circus and the House of Yes, mashups by DJ Hahaha, projections by Phineus and a very special acoustic set by Anna Christie of The Sisters Three .
All who attend will receive their very own copy of The American Way.
9pm doors and 9:30 show
$10 includes a free CD (You’re practically making money by being here.)
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!
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
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
::::::::::Saturday the 26th:::::::::::
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)
::::::::Sunday the 27th:::::::
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
The OFFICIAL Last Week of Summer Celebration
Summer is over. Okay, not technically. In case you didn’t know, this is the official Last Weekend of Summer… so get your ass to the beach, get a tan, go swimming and all that crap, and then come say goodbye to summer at the House of Yes. Dance your sandals off on our sand-free dance floor Thursday Night. Friday night we’re bringing you an evening fit for a cruise ship, only not tacky. Meaning: Dress nice!
9/17:::::THURSDAY
DJ $mall ¢hange Presents: No Parking On the Dancefloor.
That’s right mofos. After taking a summer siesta due to scheduling issues, No Parking is back in e-f-f-f-u-c-k-i-n-g fect son. Y’know the drill. Its all about getting the fuck DOWN son! Dancing with no pretense at the door or on the floor. No parking ppl. Dance police will drag you off and pull some capoeira shizz on you!
Guest DJs include the Treehouse posse (Treeboy and Raspberry Jones) who’ve been doing a coolio wednes early thaang for min spinning alongside folks like Alex from Tokyo and Four Tet, and also the my (wo)man my mellow DJ Fucci who’s been in the downtown disco trenches for a min now and currently programs muzak in cyberlandia for dance dance revolt part world war 4.
9:30pm til 2ish. $10 sugg donation. i.e. pay or slice off one of your nuts.
Smoothies by love grrrl. they good!
9/18:::::FRIDAY
Maritime Madness Aerial Open Mic
Skybox, one of the main projects keeping House of Yes afloat presents a tsunami of a show! Our most dedicated first mates will throw you overboard with an evening of aquatic delights. With over 15 aerial acts, this is the most exiting thing to have washed ashore in all of Brooklyn. MC’d by the famous Ben Devoe of the infamous Bushwick Boat.
Catered by Band of Bicycles.
$10. All booty to benefit Skybox.
8pm doors 8:30 show
9/18:::::FRIDAY (Late nite)
REMEMBER THE LUSITANIA!
NOT WAVING BUT DROWNING’s nautical disaster-themed hoedown will feature a tasty blend of sea shanties, Weimar decadence, and absinthe-tinged mayhem. The ukulele speakeasy swing of THE MOONLIGHTERS, the Balkan brass powder keg VEVERITSE, and convivial and coquettish burlesque and bellydancing by DARLINDA JUST DARLINDA and PAIGE will round out the festivities as we play ‘til the last lifeboat is launched.
$10. 10 pm til late!
www.wavingdrowning.com
www.myspace.com/wavingdrowning
www.facebook.com/wavingdrowning
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.
Yes!
If you can’t get away to Burlington, VT, this week, you should spend
most of your evenings here in the lovely Bushwick, U.S.A.
TUESDAY, August 11th
Night School: Circustentialism: An Exploration of Circus Choreography
This Night School class is essentially an excercise in play, a chance
to work through our creative process organically through exploring
concepts of space, shape, story, time, emotion, and movement. Our
professor, Seanna Sharpe, will emphasize finding presence in
transitions as well as in “moves”, creating sequences that flow. She
will also teach methods of developing stylization (opportunities for
embellishment, movement, and creative interpretation within form).
Students will learn intermediate movements and then be given an
opportunity to create their own piece, finding a sequence that
highlights their own personal artistic voice.
Like any good education, the goal if this class is not to teach the
students what to think but rather how to think. Instead of simply
stringing together moves or teaching sequences of ideas, it is an
opportunity to play, explore, and find your own personal experience of
expression as a choreographer, a dancer, and an artist.
9-11pm
10-25$ sliding scale.
Thursday, August 13th
A Lovely Evening with Cuddle Magic
Cuddle Magic is a large ensemble from West Philly/Brooklyn that
performs lush, whimsical songs with wide-ranging instrumentation
including strings, percussion, vibraphone, trumpet, clarinet,
keyboards, guitars, and sweet vocal harmonies. Their unique stage
set-up includes half a dozen small lamps and a 3-foot plastic penguin
set amidst the players and their many instruments. The ensemble, which
sometimes swells to 12 or more, plays deftly crafted arrangements of
their complex and varied set of original music. They are as friendly
and inclusive as their name might suggest — after forming as a
quintet over a year ago, they have gradually come to incorporate more
and more of their musical friends into the band.
Some pieces will be accompanied by choreographers/dancers Emily
Vetsch and Fayth Caruso
Artist Laura Steele will be using multiple sources including live
feeds, and remixed video compositions creating a fertile visual
landscape.
9pm doors, 9:30 show
$10-15 strongly encouraged donation
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FRIDAY, August 14th
Intergalactic Planetary
A space-age house party with international musical inspiration,
featuring afro-beat, hip-hop, dance-funk and high-flying performance.
Featuring the new hip-hop sensation Baja and the Dry Eye Crew! After
packing the national stadium for performances in their home country of
Sierra Leone and contributing music to the Academy Award–nominated
film Blood Diamond, African superstars Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew are
poised to conquer the global airwaves with their international debut
album (due out in fall 2009) and their unique sound, which blends the
swagger and funk of hip-hop, the passion and energy of dancehall, and
the socially conscious vibe of reggae. The group has generated so much
buzz in the hip-hop world that major stars including ?uestlove and
Black Thought of the Roots, Talib Kweli, K’Naan, Res, and El-P have
contributed their vocal and/or production talents to the upcoming
release.
Akim Funk Buddha, dj $mall Change, dj Sirak and a half dozen other
performers fill out the night with music and dancing through the late
night. Kae Burke, Queen of Make Fun will be leading Burning Man
costume making sessions most of the night.
Doors at 9
$10 strongly strongly encouraged donation, if you arrive in
intergalactic formal wear, $15 otherwise
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SATURDAY the 15th………from dusk untill dawn……
………ON THE EDGE OF WATER AND DARKNESS…
….A NIGHT OF VOLATILITY AWAITS YOU…….
House of Yes recently aquired some very special neghbors. Our
neighbors are pirates. They have a gigantic 3 tier boat, enough to fit
650 people. These strapping fellows walk around shirtless digging
ditches and pulling heavy ropes, and they really know how to have a
good time. We like them A LOT. But these hard working hunks of muscle
need some cash to keep afloat.
Lady Circus and House of Yes will be helping them raise some booty
this Saturday. And you can help too by showing up and attempting to
party as hard as they do. Good luck!
Here’s the very intense and epic promo they wrote for their party, we
edited it to make it a little less dense to read. Also excuse all the
caps, they are just very excited, as they should be because this is
going to be the best thing ever.
The infamous and cavernous BUSHWICK BOAT, hidden in the boggy canals
of Brooklyn will play host to a wild array of visceral forces.
COMPELLED to inspire, ignite and emblazon your five senses… BEATS,
FIRE, ART, DANCE, AND SPIRITS will combine for an unforgettable
one-time event, culminating with the rise of the sun. We offer
ourselves to you, in SACRIFICE and in the spirit of FUNDRAISING for
the ESTABLISHMENT of what has become one of the most evocative and
extraordinary party experiences in our city. Please join us as we
descend into the depths.
THE MUSIC
MIHO HATORI with her band, NEW OPTIMISM, SISTINE CRIMINALS,
BELLRINGERZZZZ.
DJs: KIMYON, UPROOT ANDY, FELIZ CUMBE’, ZACK SHADETEK, BLACKY II,
SWEDISH MEATBALLS,
THE PARTY
FIRE RITUALS by DONIA, Circus by LADY CIRCUS,
BODY ART by WHEYLAN, and VOLATILE EXPERIMENT by the ship’s own BEN
DEVOE, along with many more special guests, surprises and perhaps a
ritual sacrifice, or two, along the way.
THE COSTUME
Being our guest means offering yourself up to these powerful forces-
come dressed in all that is primitive, volatile, and godlike. Colors
and costumes emulating the sun, fire and power (red, yellow, black,
white, orange) are expected – otherwise one will be provided you. BE
PREPARED to undergo THE COSTUME GAUNTLET – painted, written upon,
adorned, and bejeweled without mercy.
YOUR PRIVATE PASSWORD IS: YES
(Please note that this event is by PRIVATE invitation ONLY. You can
invite your friends but you must give them the password. Space is
extremely limited and we expect to reach list capacity quickly. The
only way to get there is to enter yourself at www.bushwickboat.com.)
House of P.S.
Friday August 7th
9pm-3am
You are invited to a laid back house party with dj’s, live brass bands, fire arts, body paint, projections and all the beer/liquor you can hold in your hands (BYOB for you recessionized cheapsters…)
Donate what you can at the door. Funds raised benefit More Gardens, a group of community people, gardeners, and environmental and social justice activists who promote the development and preservation of community gardens.
Featuring:
The Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Ray Corona, DJ Arrow Chrome, DJ Stylus, DJ and Poet from ReadNex Poetry Squad, Fire performers Phoenix Feeley and Victor, Dancer Laetiçia Emmanuel, Trashworship maestro Rolando, Face and Body paints, Projections and Art and much much more…..
House of Yes
342 Maujer Street, between Morgan and Waterbury, Brooklyn
L train to Grand Street station
8:30 doors, 9p show;
$10-15 sliding scale
http://www.moregardens.org/
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