Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. There are many forms of entertainment for example: cinema,theatre, sports, games and social dance. Puppets, clowns, pantomimes and cartoons tend to appeal to children, though adults may also find them enjoyable.

After conducting the above research, they agreed to disagree with Wikipedia, coming to the common ground that entertainment is clearly all about booze, titties, raunch, sexual confusion, all night throwdown dancing and turkish wrestling.

Clearly, they were right, just read this lovely New York Times article!
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/nocturnalist-aerial-acrobatics/?ref=nyregion

:::::::::::Thursday, July 29th:::::::::::::

The Giddy Multitude Vaudeville Co. presents: Disaster!

Lightning strikes, the earth quakes, waves of ooze crash all around you, and you’ve just fallen out with your best friend and forgotten your i.d. on the way to the club on a sticky Saturday night. What are you going to do?! The Giddy Multitude examines disaster in it’s many forms, and possibly develops solutions for all through the magic healing combination of burlesque, music, comedy, and circus arts. Featuring Miss Em, Junauda Petrus, Gideon Levy, Sweet Lorraine, Busty Kitten and Evangeline.

All proceeds from this show will benefit KOFAVIV, a grassroots Haitian women’s organization.

Doors 8:30, Show at 9
$10 at the door
www.giddymultitude.com

::::::::::::Friday the 30th, and Saturday the 31st:::::::::::

ANTIGONE

A Genderqueered Act of Resistance

She is clearly the fierce daughter of a fierce father;
She does not know how to bend with the wind.

Theater Transgression remixes gender, power, interactive video, wearable sculpture, gutter glamour and queer grandeur in an intergalactic explosion of color in post-apocalyptic Thebes. A superstar virtual chorus joins a cast of eight transgender and genderqueer actors to retell this tale of war, authoritarianism, defiance, and love.

8pm

$16 for seats, $10 standing room

:::::::::Friday, July 30th, Late Nite:::::::::::

KARNIVAL OF KURIOSITIES

In the age of the glamorous cirque-style spectacle, anarchy and rebellion are often forgotten. The word “carnival” itself is associated with scantily-clad showgirls, while its roots in the “carnal” are neglected. This Friday, July 30th, we bring you the meat and the mayhem that circus is made of. This disaster of a show will feature things that aren’t even possible. (Unfortunately we had to comply with House of Yes’ rules, and throw in a few scantily clad showgirls anyways just to keep ‘em happy.)

Starring:
*Albert Cadabra – The Great Deceiver who eats razor blades, hammers spikes into his face, and electrocutes himself with 20,000 volts of electricity for fun.
*Betty Bloomerz who uses the snake like contortion of her mysterious innards to pull a massive 27″ sword blade deep into her petite 5′4″ body amongst other things.
*Anya Sapozhnikova, everyone’s favorite whiskey guzzling aerialist slut, (you might want to bring a date to see this stuff.)
*Vermont Joy Parade is a six piece brass band hailing from Burlington providing the dance party into the wee hours playing a fervent and eclectic blend of old-time, blues, dixieland, Cajun, jug, and klezmer.

$10, everything inside for cheap.
Doors at 11, show at 11:30

::::::::::Saturday, July 31st::::::::::::::

LIFE OF FIRE: 7pm through 7am

TheDanger, 3rd Ward, Mister Saturday Night, Blk Market Membership and The Lady Circus are combining forces to bring you an all night exploration of riotous performance, sculpture lit by flames and all-night dj’s nestled within three cavernous warehouses in the heart of Brooklyn.

The experience begins in a 117 year old former brewery, continues two blocks away in three floors of a former furniture factory and ends with the sunrise in a former garment factory with two gorgeous floors and a wide open courtyard.

There are moments in this city that seem almost impossible – when the the dark sky is gorgeous, the music is intoxicating and New York City devolves into that hedonistic adventure that we all live for. On this night there will be fire, there will be fame and there will be a moment when the night turns exquisitely out-of-control.

The line up is pretty impressive, and very long. Visit http://www.lifeoffire.com/ for info.

Starting at: 260 Meserole St., East Williamsburg/Bushwick, Brooklyn
Take the L train to Montrose Ave.
$15 before 9:15pm : $20 after : Strictly 21+

::::::::::NEXT THURSDAY, August 5th:::::::

ABBY PAYNE & FRIENDS

Come and celebrate an evening filled with dance, live music and the premiere of Abby Payne’s newest music video creation Lost & Found! Featuring live dance with choreography by Emily Vetsch, Chelsea Retzloff and Sarah Zitnay. Music by Abby Payne, Chris Anderson, Kenny Shaw, JP Schlegelmilch and Wil Farr.

Doors open at 8:30pm
Free Beer and Wine from 9-10pm!

$10 in advance at www.smarttix.com or $12 at the door

Karnival of Kuriocities

In the age of the glamorous cirque-style spectacle, anarchy and rebellion are often forgotten. The word “carnival” itself is associated with scantily-clad showgirls, while its roots in the “carnal” are neglected. This Friday, July 30th, we bring you the meat and the mayhem that circus is made of. This disaster of a show will feature things that aren’t even possible. (Unfortunately we had to comply with House of Yes’ rules, and throw in a few scantily clad showgirls anyways just to keep ‘em happy.)

Starring:
Albert Cadabra – The Great Deceiver who eats razor blades, hammers spikes into his face, and electrocutes himself with 20,000 volts of electricity for fun.

Betty Bloomerz who uses the snake like contortion of her mysterious innards to pull a massive 27″ sword blade deep into her petite 5′4″ body amongst other things.

Anya Sapozhnikova, everyone’s favorite whiskey guzzling aerialist slut, (you might want to bring a date to see this stuff.)

Vermont Joy Parade is a six piece brass band hailing from Burlington providing the dance party into the wee hours playing a fervent and eclectic blend of old-time, blues, dixieland, Cajun, jug, and klezmer.

$10, Doors at 11, show at 11:30. (Not for the faint of heart)

House of Yes Theater is at
342 Maujer St at Morgan Ave
L train to Grand St. Station

Have a good day!

***(For the hottest gossip scroll all the way down)

::::::::::Thursday, July 22, 2010:::::::::::::

SKY BOX VARIETY SHOW: The Epic Edition!

This show has a reputation of stunning audiences with the impossible and the death defying. This week however, we have wonders that were so dangerous that even we were hesitant to put them on our stage….but, in the name of quality entertainment, we’re biting the bullet and letting the show go on more epic then ever!

Witness the most breathtakingly terrifying aerial antics on silks, rope, lyra and hammock, a 12 foot tall tower of chairs, wild displays of fire and of course a little bit of nudity.

Starring: Nikki Borodi, Sandhi Ferreira, Ariel Iasevoli, Jen Kovacs, Alaska McFadden, Nicki Miller, Ashley Monroe, Ryan Murray, Maxine Nienow, Anya Sapozhnikova, Amanda Silaski, Matt Stuart and Chriselle Tidrick and Mitress of Ceremonies Kae Burke. Delicious smoothies by the delicious Lovegirrrrrl.

Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10
(all proceeds benefit the Sky Box Aerial Community)
www,theskybox.org

::::::::: Friday, July 23rd::::::::::

MUSIC & MAYHEM

[Our rock and roll boyfriends wrote this lovely promo. xoxo kae and anya]

“This will be friggin’ crazy awesome show. We will have a girl flipping around above us as we play. This is the type of thing they do at the HOUSE OF YES. It’s gonna be like a circus. People will be dressed up and walking around on stilts. i believe the show will go down like this.”

Jangula @ 9:30
Communication Corporation @ 10:30
STUMBLEBUM BRASS BAND @ 11:30
(for more info you can look these bands up on facebook.com)

Doors at 9.
10$ for the “best party of your life. EVER!”

:::::::::Saturday, July 24th:::::::::

MERMAID LAGOON

Mermaid Lagoon: A Benefit for The Oceanic Preservation Society & The Gulf Coast

Once upon a time, in a blue lagoon not so far from New York City, there lived a village full of beautiful Mermaids. Famous for their dangerous beauty and bewitching songs, these mermaids were known the world over for their charms and talents used for pulling sailors to their doom beneath the waves. Legend tells that for one night in the deep of summer their lagoon is safe for mortal travelers. They ask only that you make an offering to The Sea, and dance with them…

Kai Altair will perform songs from her solo EP release: “Star of The Sea,” spellbinding performances by burlesque beauty Veronica Varlow, Ali Luminescent (Coney Island’s Best Mermaid 2009), haunting theatrical dance by Desert Sin, and sea-themed aerial, fire, and glass walking performance by Cassandra Rosebeetle, plus a bio-luminescent lagoon full of bellydancing mermaids and handmade tropical drinks.

Later, DJ Joey Nova will be spinning a special cocktail of new wave and electro-bellydance all night long.
Visuals by Masha Pekurovsky
Tropical Mixology by Love Girl

9pm doors. $15 advance, $20 at the door (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/116650)
Dress: Sea Siren, Pirate, Glow-fish, Water Nymph, Sea Captain, Dolphin

Funds will go directly to The Oceanic Preservation Society (creators of the Oscar winning documentary “The Cove”) and to Gulf Coast clean-up efforts.

To donate online please visit: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=GVYTQ7NXHF9E2&lc=US&item_name=Mermaid+Lagoon+Ocean+Benefit&currency_code=USD&bn=PP-DonationsBF%3Abtn_donateCC_LG.gif%3ANonHosted

**Mermaid Lagoon is not affiliated in any manner with the Oceanic Preservation Society or any of its programs, projects or websites.

::::::::Sunday, July 25th:::::::::

TATTOO ARTS FESTIVAL!

(our rock and roll boyfriends are throwing this party! come get “YES!” tattooed on your ass!)

Tattoo Artists:
L.A. (Compton’s Tattoo Artist), Joel (Travis McCoy Tattoo Artist)
On site tattooing of Flash, American Traditional and Typography
Starting @ $40

Performances by:
2pm Kings County
4pm For Now We Toast
7pm Gods illa Mutual
8pm -10pm The Freddy Fuego Jazz Ensemble-
DJ Desim

Aerial artists Brett Lord and Anya Sapozhnikova will be doing some hardcore aerial shit in exchange for ink!

Noon to 10pm.
$15 advance tix, $20 at the door. http://tattooandmusicfestival-efbevent.eventbrite.com/, the door price TBA day of For advance tickets email: whoiscompton@gmail.com (In the subject“tattoo party”) or text (347) 515 -9008 (text “tattoo party”)
Special Thanks:YRB, ammomag.com, johnsimondaily.com, qthequestion.com

xxxxxxxxxGOSSIPxxxxxxxxx

There have been whispers for weeks that several of this city’s most riotous creators are building something brash for the end of July. From 7pm through 7am on July 31st, dozens of performers are collaborating to build that hedonistic adventure New York City thrives on. There will be liquor. There will be fame. There will be a moment when the night goes exquisitely out-of-control…

You are invited to the return of Fire: http://www.LifeofFire.com/

Join us and discover our new look, our new feel, and our new wet spots. Were growing up, growing tits, and getting sexy…. at least metaphorically.

Come n’ Get it!

::::::::::::FRIDAY & SATURDAY, July 16th & 17th::::::::::::

MODERN TIMES

Constellation Moving Company presents a breathtakingly entertaining piece of aerial-theatre in this fund-raising. Modern Times is an exploration of the gap between the World Wars displayed in a burst of hot jazz, and ending in a dark, hot mess. This is the opening preview of MODERN TIMES which will premier in its entirety at Theater for the New City this August 19-22, so come and see them before they are famous!

Join us at the House of Yes for spectacular aerial, dance and drama conceived and directed by Lori Barber and Maia Ramnath, with choreography and performance by Satomi Shikata, Scott Combs, Katrina Cydylo, Elena Delgado, and Sarah Delp.

Featuring live music by Emily Doherty, Travis Tench, Nicole Tourtelot, and Emily Willis of the Band of Bicycles

plus
raffle tickets!
baked goods!
drinks!

Doors open at 8; show at 9
Tickets $15

Buy tickets at the door or pre-purchase tickets here:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/119622

:::::::::NEXT WEEKEND::::::::::

:::::::::NEXT Thursday, July 22nd:::::::::

SKYBOX AERIAL VARIETY SHOW!

The Epic Edition!

Nothing says heat like fire, and nothing says hot like aerialists. Lucky for you, this month Sky Box brings you lots of BOTH! Featuring NYC’s finest aerialists on silk, lyra, rope and hammock as well as
performances of burlesque and theatrical pole dance, this month’s show is bound to be steamy for more reasons than one. Plus with two aerial acts featuring fire performance, a new meaning of EPIC will be in action and Sky Box aerial community can’t wait! Please join us for this very special monthly event at the infamous House of Yes! This is the perfect way to get excited for the weekend so this month the show is on a thursday! Bring your friends and your O-face as you’re sure to be mesmerized! Featuring performances by: Nikki Borodi, Sandhi Ferreira, Ariel Iasevoli, Alaska McFadden, Nicki Miller, Ashley Monroe, Anya Sapozhnikova, Amanda Silaski, Matt Stuart and Chriselle Tidrick. Mistress of Ceremonies: Kae Burke

Learn more about Sky Box: http://theskybox.org/

Doors at 8, Show at 9.
$10

::::::::::NEXT Friday, July 23rd:::::::::

COMMUNICATION CORPORATION & STUMBLEBUM BRASS BAND.

Hot Music. Raging Dance Floor. Cold Drinks. The usual absurdity, spiked with some circus and sex. SEX!

9pm.
$10

::::::NEXT Saturday, July 24th:::::::

MERMAID LAGOON

A Benefit for The Oceanic Preservation Society & The Gulf Coast

An aquatic evening, flooding you with the experience of tangible magic. Submerge yourself in a beautiful space with beautiful people for a noble cause.

Performances by Kai Altair, Veronica Varlow, Lady Circus, Desert Sin. Luminescent Underwater Life Installations by Gregory Skolozdra, Music by Joey Nova. Tropical Mixology by Love Girl.

Dress: Sea Siren, Pirate, Glow-fish, Water Nymph, Sea Captain, Dolphin

Tickets: $15 advance/$20 @ door
Buy tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/116650

A Benefit For: The Oceanic Preservation Society
(http://www.opsociety.org/ Creators of Oscar winning documentary “The Cove”), and Gulf Coast clean up efforts.

::::::::::::SEEKING ACTORS FOR CIRCUS SHOW:::::::

Are you an actor? Yes, you are.

AUDITIONS FOR THE CIRCUS OF CIRCUS

Now casting performers and musical theatre entertainers with acting, dance and/or singing abilities for various roles. The Circus of Circus is an adaptation of Animal Farm, and is a satire on the entertainment industry and the corruption of creative individuals. Seeking versatile and experienced Male Actors to play the evil and corrupt ringmasters. Email for more information.

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.

A Detailed Description of Death from Hypothermia:
You start with a body temperature of 98.6 F. At 97 degrees, the muscles along your neck and shoulders tighten in a pre-shivering muscle tone. At 95, you are trembling violently. Anything below 95 renders the enzymes in your brain inefficient. At 93, amnesia nibbles at your consciousness. Apathy at 91 degrees. Stupor at 90. At 88, you stop shivering. Your blood is thickening like crankcase oil in a cold engine, oxygen consumption, has fallen by more than 25%. Your kidneys work overtime to process the fluid overload that occurred when the blood vessels in your extremities constricted. You feel a powerful urge to urinate. At 86, your heart is becoming arrhythmic. The lack of oxygen and the slowing metabolism of your brain, trigger hallucinations. At 85, blood vessels near the body’s surface suddenly dilate and produce a sensation of extreme heat against the skin leading to paradoxical undressing. In the final stages, individuals with severe hypothermia are often found half naked in small, enclosed spaces.

Stop whining and come on over!

::::::::::::Thursday, July 8th:::::::::::

COME DANCE WITH THE CIRCUS FREAKS!

Solo Performances by:
GALAXY OF TAR http://www.myspace.com/galaxyoftar
KASSA OVERALL http://www.myspace.com/kassaoverall
TECLA http://www.myspace.com/teclaesposito

DJ Sets throughout the night by: Tal (of Boy Crisis) and DAS RACIST!!!!!!!

Doors at 9, show at 10. $10
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=135027953192673#!/event.php?eid=135027953192673&ref=mf

:::::::::Friday, July 9th:::::::::::

…..Bored with the cushioned confines of Mount Olympus, a dissolute band of gods decides to go slumming in Hell….

UNDERWORLD

…A Benefit Party for The Deconstructive Theatre Project
featuring AERIAL SILK, TRAPEZE, FIRE PERFORMANCE, INTERACTIVE MEDIA and LIVE MUSIC performances by: Kae Burke, Phillip Gulley, Ryan Homsey, Adam Hussein, Nicki Miller, Danielle Natoli, Kendall Rileigh, Adam Scott, Sam Shine, The Shivers, Bronwyn Sims, Adam J. Thompson & Ben Williams

Dancing Ever After with DJ Scot Bowman, specialty drinks by LoveGirrrrrrrrrrrrl.

Produced by:
Mitch Dean, Phillip Gulley, Crys Huyett, Arielle Lever, Nicki Miller,
Jon Mark Ponder, Andriana Santiago & Adam J. Thompson in partnership with The Sky Box and Quiet Color. All proceeds support the development of The Deconstructive Theatre Project’s “The Orpheus Variations”, premiering in September 2010.

Doors at 8:00 PM, Performances at 9:00 PM
$15 in advance; $20 at the door;
$50 premium package[premium seating with complimentary drinks, and gift bag]
Tickets at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/117805
More info at: http://www.deconstructivetheatreproject.org/underworld/

:::::::::Monday through Saturday:::::::::::

Superhero training at Sky Box. Aerial classes all the time. Sexy Dancing Class is getting hotter and hotter, feel free to dress down. (Every Thursday from 3:00-4:30) www.theskybox.org/classes to sign up.

::::::::::Next Weekend, July 16th &17th ::::::::::

MODERN TIMES- A tale of the gap between the World Wars that opens in a burst of hot jazz, and closes on a dark, hot mess. Told through spectacular aerial, dance and drama.
Written, directed and produced by Lori Barber and Maia Ramnath.

::::::::::Wednesday, 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. The Circus of Circus is an adaptations of Animal Farm. Contortionists, aerialists, fire dancers, jugglers, hand balancers and acrobats are especially encouraged to audition. Auditions will be improv movement and character based.

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.

:::::::::Thursday, June 24th:::::::::

LOVE SHOW FUNDRAISER

Raising Capital

An evening of Provocative Theatrical Dance, Cabaret, Comedy, Magic & Circus Arts!

The Love Show has some big projects on the horizon, including an interactive installation in the theater district for a week in July, and we’re all very excited. However, the gals in accounting keep warning us that these projects are going to cost us more than they’ll bring in. We refuse to let those bean counters dissuade us from creating the type of dynamic, beguiling art and entertainment that The Love Show has become known for. As such, we’re raising funds the only way we know how – by throwing a party and show!

A joint venture of the following artists:
Angela Harriell’s Love Show Dancers!
The Vocal Force of Nature that is Shannon ‘Shantastic’ Turner!
The Comedic Wizardry of Fantastic Genius!
Mystifying illusions by The Great Dubini!
The Devout Dancing of Group Hug!
The Aerial Artistry of members of Lady Circus!
Musical Poet/Vegan Activist/Female Songstress/Lyrical Dance Machine – Leibya Rogers!
The World’s Bitterest Children’s Performer – Princess Sunshine!
The Incendiary Fire Hooping of Justina Flash!
Surprise Special Guests!
Hosted by David F. Slone, Esq.!

Live musical accompaniment by:
Matt Baram (The Love Show, Por Que No?)
Christian Bongers (The Box Band, Bad Reputation, Falcon, The Snow)
Peter Sloan-Lewis (Ladybug Stingray)

Win Exciting Raffle Prizes!
Bat a Piñata!
Smooch in the Kissing Booth!

www.theloveshownyc.com

Doors at 8:30pm, Show at 9:30pm, dancing all night long!
$15 admission, $25 Executive Pass (includes front row seating, 1
complimentary drink and a free trip to the kissing booth!)

:::::::::Friday, June 25th::::::::::

“DESIRE”
A Masquerade

House of Yes & Lady Circus are taking the night off, and bringing the riot and glamour to our new favorite friend Lee Chappell! Dress in your most fabulous and come be decadent with us.

Decor, Costumed Performance Artists, Venetian Go-Go Boys, 3-D Visuals by Wetcircuit, Butoh Performance, Stilt Walkers all night promise a true spectacle to dazzle your senses!

DJ’s/Producers HECTOR FONSECA & ALYSON CALAGNA, Sony/Epic Recording Artist, OH LAND making her American Debut, $500.00 Cash Prize for Best Costume – MC’s – SHEQUIDA & SYBIL BRUNCHEON

On the second floor, Shien Lee & Muffinhead present Dances of Vice! A Decadent Modern Jazz Age Event featuring Live Jazz with Fabulous Burlesque and Post Modern Cabaret Performers…and Dancing!!!

Please visit www.LeeChappell.com for ticket pricing and information

Capitale
130 Bowery
New York, NY
10pm

:::::::::::Saturday, June 26th::::::::::::

TAYISHA BUSAY- NORTHSIDE FEST GLITTER PARTY!

Live music by Tayisha Busay, Chappo, Bad Briliance, Planet Rump

The L Magazine’s Northside Festival has made a brave and very smart move by welcoming the House of Yes and Tayisha Busay as they present a night of the brightest, baddest, chrome-covered, high-bouncing music and righteous showmanship that you can only find in the bottom of a Lucky Charms box, OR at this show. Bands that have fun? Is this really Williamsburg? The night will prove itself to be the most unique and powerful show in the festival. Line-up includes;

Tayisha Busay – a glitter-chugging, electro-dance trio of choreographed, detention room C+ students that make ridiculous DIY pop – a mind expanding take on the girl group. myspace.com/tayishabusay

Chappo is an electro-pop band from a parallel universe. They’re “spacey-ear-candy”. It’s “Eno vs Flaming Lips kind of flavor” -37 Flood – chappomusic.com
Bad Brilliance has a very large and very strange yellow ball head and his music will blow your mind. myspace.com/badbrilliance

Planet Rump (live DJ dance floor set) – an interplanetary booty-blastin electro-funk trio that crash landed here on Earth to give birth to your wildest fantasies. myspace.com/planetrump
And as always… Random Aerial Performances by the Skybox Fly Girls!

9:00pm – 2:00am
$10/$7 wearing glitter/$6 w/RSVP
21 and over

:::::::::Sunday, June 27th::::::::

ITALIANS DO IT LIVE!

You might not know it yet, but the music scene in Italy is exploding in all directions, crossing national borders and oceans to reach your ears with contagious sounds you won’t believe you’ve been missing. Until now.

To celebrate this historic moment of musical innovation, frēstyl has selected a handful of crazy talented Italian musicians to play for you in Brooklyn. “Italians Do It Līve” (organized in collaboration with GigMaven) will give you a taste of the emerging music scene in Italy and leave you craving for more. You’ll start off with the soft, folk sounds of LE-LI (www.myspace.com/theworldofleli), then bravely enter the electro-rock beats of Serpenti (www.myspace.com/serpentispace), and, finally, you’ll be taken away by the electro-rap energy of Posi (www.myspace.com/poskee). “Italians Do It Live” is happy to be joined by strong local talent Tens of Thousands (www.myspace.com/tensofthousands) at 7pm and Acid Westerns (www.myspace.com/acidwesterns) at 8pm.

From the Eternal City to the City that Never Sleeps, this eclectic music experience will set the record straight. This ain’t your grandma’s Italy.

Doors 7:30
$10

:::::::::SEEKING DJs! for Airtime!::::::::

There will be hot girls (and a few boys) hanging off the ceiling everywhere while you provide the sizzling beats. Come spin in exchange for beer while mingling with some of Brooklyn’s most daring and toned aerialists.

Every Monday from 8-10 pm. E-mail anya@ladycircus.com if interested.
We set up all the gear, you just show up and do what you do best.

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

http://batoy.org/

:::::::::::::::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.

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

www.xanapols.com

::::::::::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.

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.

Oh, Your daddy’s rich
And your mamma’s good lookin’
So hush little baby
Don’t you cry

:::::::Thursday, May 27th:::::::::

TRICYCLE THEATRE

Chance & other games of love

This evening of entertainment is a spanking-new, sparkling brew of music, dance, and stories, all ringing in the Risks of Spring…and then some.

Tricycle Theater is: Alexis Hosea, Kira Kupfersberger and Evangeline Reilly. Our work is an immediate response to the world around us, seasons and stories and culture. We use myth, music, movement and words to create performances uniquely connected to the now. tricycle123.wordpress.com. Catch us again next month on June 10th.

For this show, we will be joined by aerialist Ellie Steingraber!

$10

:::::::::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.
Starting this Thursday and continuing every coming Thursday

:::::::Saturday, May 29th:::::::::::

SKYBOX Aerial Variety Show!

A show of precision, daring and brawn
One lady will dance till her clothes are all gone!
Another will spin at high speeds on a corde,
It’s 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 whining!
Please don’t be late and bring your own wine,
Doors are at 8 and show starts at 9!

Tell all your friends, but only tell one of your lovers…or else it gets weird.

Refreshments by Love Girl
Doors at 8, show at 9,
$10

::::::::: Sunday, May 30 :::::::::::

SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

We’ll be screening a host of shorts from young New York City directors that have been screened Tribeca, SXSW, Aspen and Slamdance.

The Short Films:

Cocoa Loco – Shaka King
Surrogate – Elena Greenlee
The Ride – Thomas Hyungkyun Kim
The Roe Effect – Kiel Adrian Scott
Act of Bravery – Perry Blackshear
In Space – Visra Vichit Vadakan
Simple Pleasures – Matt Mendelson
Herkimer DuFrayne: 7th Grade Guidance Counselor – Shaka King

Plus a rare Muhammed Ali Documentary, ‘The Long Goodbye’

For the bicycle community that is very dear to us a screening of the most awesome bike messenger movie ever! It’s a surprise!

Bring a bottle of wine and a date who you want to impress!
Bring your film lover friends!

Curated by Shaka King
BYOB Snacks and Food.

Noon- 10pm
$10

:::::::UPCOMING! Sunday, June 13th:::::::

BLUE

Live Dinner Theater

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.

Expect Food, 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.

$50
Seating is ****very*** limited!
PRESALE ONLY here!

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/111979

:::::::ACCOUNTANT WANTED!:::::::

House of Yes is seeking an accountant to hire!
Must be an interesting person who likes math and knows Quickbooks.
Reasonable pay plus excellent House of Yes VIP status for events, classes, parties and fun.
email info@houseofyes.org with resume to be our accountant!

:::::::::Outdoor Aerial Rigging:::::::::::::::

House of Yes has acquired an 18 and a half foot tall aerial rig, that is easily transportable and takes about half an hour to set up. Perfect for your rooftop party, block party or bar mitzvah! Comes by itself or can as a packaged deal of hot girls in unitards hanging off of it.

If you missed it at Dance Parade, too bad for you. This is the best thing ever and just in time for summer fun!