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.
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
Totally Freakin’ Awesome!
Saturday, February 6th
TOTALLY FREAKIN’ AWESOME
90’s Variety Show
A night of live performance givin’ some mad props to the flyest decade ever – the 90’s!
This show is “all that and a bag of chips”, as we’re bringing back some of the most “off the hook” entertainment of the 90’s. Featuring “Phat” beats, “Fly” aerial, and “Hella Fresh” humor, this night of variety is the “Shiznit!” Stick around after the show and get Jiggy with it with our 90’s dance party featuring hits by Ace of Base, Boyz 2 Men, C+C Music Factory, En Vogue and MORE! Word up! Talk to the Hand! Show me the Money!
Featuring performances by Lady Circus, Spazz Hands, Andriana Santiago, Celine Dion, Nikki Borodi, Amanda Silkaski, Maia Ramnath, Butt Kapinski, Power Rangers, Mike Richter, Deanna Fleysher, Band of Bicycles, Jeff Seal & Chris, Paris the HipHop Juggler, Claire deLuxe, Diana DeLuna, Amazing Amy, and more!
Enjoy 90’s inspired refreshments by LoveGrrrl, such as gushers, dunkaroos, mountain dew and capri sun!
February 6th 2010
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
House of Yes- 342 Maujer Street. Grand St. Stop on the L train
$10-$20 sliding scale
90’s Music & Dance Party afterwards!
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!
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.)
Christmas Spectacular!
featuring Lady Circus & Friends
The Most Wonderful Show of the Year!
Join the House of Yes family, as we celebrate the Holiday Season with our very own Christmas Spectacular…a ridiculously festive, in-your-face performance extravaganza! Featuring more talent than that other “Christmas Spectacular”, this show is overflowing with glitter, glamour, sex, comedy, matching costumes, synchronized dancing, and outrageous theatrics!
With guest appearances by Desert Sin Dance Company, The Love Show, Jenny Rocha and the Painted Ladies, Mike Richter, Graham Skipper of FUCT, Kayti Bunny, Pearl Pistol, Band of Bicycles and more! Come early to enjoy festive treats, mistle-toe kisses, and a photo-op with Santa himself!
“Better than the original!”- St. Nicolas
“They’ve really out-done themselves this time!” Rudolph the Red Nosed Giuliani
“Spectacular!”- New York Post
Friday & Saturday: December 4th & 5th
Thursday, Friday & Saturday: December 10th, 11th, 12th
Doors at 8pm. Show at 9pm.
$20 at door, $15 pre-sale
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/91263
at the House of Yes Theatre
342 Maujer Street at Morgan Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
Glass Bandits
Being the real fancy theater that we are, we gave a troupe we felt deserved it a residency here for a few months. We’re always on the lookout for inspired and ambitious artists. Please let us know if you too want to produce something here.
::::::::::Thursday the 19th, friday the 20th, Saturday the 21st, Sunday the 22nd::::::::
Glass Bandits present: In Memoriam
Told in 13 acts, “Memoriam” explores the story of a troupe of actors on the last leg of their vaudeville tour. On the last night of their show, at the House of Yes, relationships hit a breaking point, while the lines between what is real and what is scripted begin to blur. A true collaboration, the project is an assembly of text, clown, music, and dance. This rag-tag show is not to be missed!
Directed by Eddie Prunoske
With: Andy Bean, Caitlin Bebb, Christopher Devlin, Hollye Gilbert, Carl Holder, Carter Hudson, Leon Pease, and Craig Strube.
$10
Doors at 8:30 show at 9:00
:::::::Monday through Saturday all the time:::::
Aerial classes at the Sky Box. Not as scary as you think….full schedule at www.theskybox.org
::::::Coming Up!:::::::::
Christmas Spectacular at the House of Yes. December 4th, 5th, 10th, 11th and 12th! Better then the real thing!
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
$10 admission.
:::::::::::::Wednesday the 4th of November:::::::::::::::::::
Clothing & Stuff Swap for the Burnt
Has your house ever burnt down? If so, you understand the frustration of having everything you own be burnt, melted, smelly or just plain gone. Our friends Flambeaux, Akim and Lady C recently experienced a fire that ripped through their apartments and ruined all of their belongings. Therefore, we are hosting a clothing & stuff swap to help you clean your closet and also to give our friends some clothes and necessities. Everyone is welcomed to swap and grab new things- but the people who had their house burn down get first dibs.
If you cant make it Wednesday night but still want to donate, please contact kaeburke@gmail.com and set up a time to drop off your donations. Thanks!
8-11pm
byob as always
24/7
For the first time ever we actually have it all for you all. Learn slapstick, sewing and aerial from the best, see performance art at its weirdest, and then again at its nakedest later on in the week, AND although we promised no more dance parties ever again, we were talked into squeezing one in anyways….it wasn’t so bad after all, and only one person tagged our fancy bathroom.
:::::::::::Wednesday October 21st:::::::::::
Slapstick Dojo: Learn to Fall Funny
The Slapstick Dojo teaches physical comedy using martial arts techniques. Students will learn how to trip, slip, fall down, and slap each other in safe and funny ways. This conflict may be between individuals, between a person and an object, or between a person and his environment. The class operates similar to a yoga or martial arts class, where students of all skill levels are encouraged to come to “workout” and further develop technique. Borrowing ideas from martial arts training such as Kata and Waza the Slapstick Dojo aims to teach slapstick techniques and classic slapstick gag structure.
5-25$ 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.
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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
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Haunted House of Yes! 10/30 and 10/31!!!
Birds, Ghosts and Marching Bands
This is the last weekend to see our latest in-house production,
Twitchers. The first week was quite honestly one of the best shows to
be seen in our theatre…and that’s not just our own opinion either!
This weekend, we’ll be doing it all again, just for you…but that’s
not all. We are also having a marching-band after-party on Thursday
following Twitchers! Seriously, if you miss this show, you might feel
performance deprived and artistically unsatisfied. See it.
In Make Fun, Halloween is taking over the studio, and we will be
offering weekly Wednesday costume workshops! Make it.
Also for Halloween (Our Official Favorite Holiday), we are once again
sharing the spotlight and inviting artists to collaborate on our 1st
annual Haunted House of Yes. Do it.
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October 8, 9, 10
A theatrical immersion of dance, puppetry, aerial, live music,
spectacle, and pure emotion.
The Desert Sin Dance Company, known internationally for their edgy
and sensational fusion of dance is one of the most experimental,
cutting-edge theatrical dance companies in North America.
Desert Sin will be teaming up with Mystery Bird Puppet Theater, Lady
Circus, and The House of Yes Theater to create a Brooklyn
bird-watching experience of a lifetime!
October 1,2,3 and 8,9,10
Doors open at 8pm, the show starts at 9pm:
Tickets:
$15 presale @ www.desertsin.com
$20 at the door
www.desertsin.com
www.ladycircus.com
www.mysterybirdpuppets.com
:::::::::Thursday Late NIte!::::::::::::::::::::::::
October 8th
Datri Bean, Minor Mishap Marching Band, Baby Soda.
10:30
$10 for the fools who missed the early show. free (give some lovin’
to the hat) to the Twitchers stragglers.
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October 14th, 21st, 28th….
Make Fun: Halloween Workshops
7PM- 11PM $20
Make Fun Studios at House of Yes invites you into the costume studio
to make the best Halloween costume…ever. Our workshop includes full
access to the Make Fun facilities, with home and industrial sewing
machines, sergers and cover stitch machines, pattern making materials
AND FREE FABRIC AND TRIM! This $20 workshop will have you looking
fabulous and you learn a thing or two too.
We will also be selling items from our costume collection! We will
have $5 bins of costumes and wigs plus other great deals on theatrical
costumes, commercial costumes both deluxe and economy and original
designs by Kae Burke and 3rd Earth designs. Get help from the pros!
Kae and Tara have years of experience working with people to build
their character from scratch, or modify existing clothes and costumes.
Best of all, you can brag to your friends that YOU MADE IT YOURSELF!
Want to have a custom costume created? have questions about Make Fun?
contact kaeburke@gmail.com
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Artists/Designers/Makers Call for
Participation:::::::::::::::::::::::
Haunted House of Yes seeking Art Stars!
We are currently accepting submissions from artists of all types to
contribute to Haunted House of Yes. There is a small budget, all the
materials you can use and unlimited creative license allotted for this
project. The Haunted House of Yes will run Friday October 30th, 7pm
– 2am and Saturday October 31st, 10pm – 2am. As an installation
artist you do not have to physically be there on the 31st…but you’ll
want to be. Its going to be more fun than smashing jack-o-lanterns.
Please email info@thehouseofyes.org to express interest in
contributing to something you’ve wanted to do since you were a
kid….build a haunted house and scare the Ba-Geezus out of people.
Theater: Twitchers
This week we are unveiling our newest in-house production. This is a show that can only be possible here. This is what the House of Yes was meant for. If you have never seen a full production at the House, this is not to be missed. If you HAVE seen a show here, you still have no idea what you’re in for.
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Twitchers…
A tour of birds, dreams, and women who take flight…
A theatrical immersion of dance, puppetry, aerial, live music, spectacle, and pure emotion.
The Desert Sin Dance Company, known internationally for their edgy and sensational fusion of dance is one of the most experimental, cutting-edge theatrical dance companies in North America.
Desert Sin will be teaming up with Mystery Bird Puppet Theater, Lady Circus, and The House of Yes Theater to create a Brooklyn bird-watching experience of a lifetime!
October 1,2,3 and 8,9,10
Doors open at 8pm, the show starts at 9pm:
Tickets:
$15 presale @ www.desertsin.com
$20 at the door
www.desertsin.com
www.ladycircus.com
www.mysterybirdpuppets.com
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)
::::::::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
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
Cirque du Quoi?!?
Thursday-Friday, May 21st – 22nd
Thursday-Saturday, May 28th – 30th
Thursday-Saturday, June 4th – 6th
Cirque du Quoi?!?
…an evening of elaborate absurdity
Its hard to describe what kind of a show this is, but its even harder to explain what kind of show it isn’t. This is the kind of show you must see for yourself. Entertaining? Definitely. Shocking? Absolutely. Epic? Of course.
See what happens when a circus troupe committed to a life of glamour and spectacle meets a comedy troupe dedicated to constant humiliation in the name of fun.
$20 gets you all the free beer you can drink, courtesy of Colt45!
(Compare to the other Cirque show at $97-$165)
Info and tickets are at www.ladycircus.com
Doors at 8, show at 8:30.
Live music every night.
House of Yes.
Feel free to BYOB.
For a taste of what’s to come, check out this video: