FROM THE VAMPIRE PROM TO THE GARDEN, JUNE EVENTS
After a whirlwind trip to Vienna for the epic LIFE BALL 2009 last month, we're back and well into the newly sultry season. Mid-June promises a nocturnal bouquet of small, medium and large gatherings - from private to extremely public. Deserving of special mention are PINK MARTINI at CARNEGIE HALL (June 18), the annual CONEY ISLAND MERMAID PARADE (June 20) and the special events listed below, from the NY PUBLIC LIBRARY'S annual ANTI-PROM to a special performance of CLAYWOMAN. We'll be back with a separate email for the end of June, including all of our GAY PRIDE events. Enjoy the beautiful evenings ahead and for dozens more carefully selected choices in artful NYC clubbing, visit our EDGE OF NIGHT forum on THE MOTHERBOARDS NYC - this is where the board's moderators place postings about nights of special interest to our audience.
FRIDAY JUNE 12
TEEN CENTRAL @ THE NY PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS
THE ANTI-PROM 5: VAMPROM
ASTOR HALL
5TH AVENUE AND 42ND STREET
6:30-9:30 PM
Free with RSVP, AGES 12-18 ONLY
THE JACKIE FACTORY and DJ JOHNNY DYNELL return for their second year to The NY PUBLIC LIBRARY's annual ANTI-PROM, which provides an alternative, safe-space for LGBTQ teens, who may not feel welcome at official school proms or dances, as well as many other teens, including young Goths and Gamers. The Anti-Prom is held at the breathtaking ASTOR HALL, in the Main Library at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, and the 2009 theme is VAMPIRE PROM. The evening's Guest Hosts are PROJECT RUNWAY demigod TIM GUNN and PR competitor AUSTIN SCARLETT, who will select the Prom King and Queen according to their costumes. The suggested dress is "Dress as your favorite Vampire or just be yourself", and the event is free and limited to ages 12-18 ONLY. If you know any disaffected youth, by all means let them know about this very special evening!
More Information on the NYPL TEENLINK PAGE
Mandatory RSVP to events@nypl.org
EVERY FRIDAY
GARY 49 @ MR. BLACK
251 WEST 30TH STREET NYC
FROM 10 PM
$10 COVER TILL 2 AM/ $15 AFTER 2)
mrblacknyc.com
GARY 49 DJ tag team SAMMY JO and JOHNNY DYNELL make each Friday a dancer's dream, playing new mixes and beats on a superb sound system till 6 AM at MR. BLACK. Eclectic guest spinners join the residents each week with fabulous lights by SCOTT LaROCK. The weekly also features hosts including DREW, MACKY and AIMEE PHILLIPS (THE TRINITY) and LADYFAG, door goddesses CONNIE GIRL FLEMING and ROZE, strong drinks, and infamous cocktail servers including WRESTLE BOY and BLACK EDDIE.
If you feel like drifting during the night to an alternate reality MR. BLACK Fridays also host the Chandelier Room's ADDICT, I (HEART) NY with DJs CAZWELL and ZAC POSSE, and hosts including Visual Artist AMANDA LEPORE, TAMMIKO and JONATHAN LEDEE. Every week also features an open vodka bar from 10:30 - 11:30 PM - one more reason to come out early!
EVERY SUNDAY
SUSANNE BARTSCH AND KENNY KENNY PRESENT
VANDAM SUNDAYS @ GREENHOUSE
150 VARICK STREET @ VANDAM
FROM 10 PM
COMP DOOR
myspace.com/susannebartsch
Downtown Divas extraordinaire SUSANNE BARTSCH and KENNY KENNY are ruling Sunday nights and providing a dressed-up night out for their faithful followers and new acolytes alike. This weekly is wildly popular and insanely well-dressed in the most CREATIVE way. It's also FREE, so what are you waiting for?
With DJ JOHNNY DYNELL rocking the dancefloor, fabulous tableau and more from DIRTY MARTINI, AJOSHUA and CHUCK ATTIX upstairs, and a downstairs level helmed by DESI MONSTER and LADYFAG, Glam Valkyrie CYNTHIA rules the door, and each week begins with complimentary cocktails till 11:00. We've seen nightclub legends and New Kids from all different eras out at this one - which practically guarantees that you'll see friends on any given Sunday.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
SUNDAY JUNE 14
OBJECTIFY
THE DELANCEY
168 DELANCEY STREET NYC (CLINTON & ATTORNEY)
DOORS AT 9PM
$20/ $10 FOR FABULOUS/FREE FOR ARTISTS
objectifynyc.com
Once upon a time, New York nightlife was a bubbling cauldron of creativity - and producers THE BARONESS, EDITRIX ABBY, XRIS SMACK! and IRENE KAORU hope to stir it up again, monthly. OBJECTify strives for a resurgence of stimulating nightlife, and its four producers have long and distinguished clubland and spectacle pedigrees, among them SMACK!, CLICK + DRAG, THE BARONESS' FETISH RETINUE, GOMORRAH and BURNING MAN. This month is the third edition of this artsy/fetishy new Sunday monthly.
Embracing the Dadaist anti-aesthetic, each month OBJECTify obsesses about one particular OBJECT - June is THE SEXTANT so the evening's festivities should have a decidedly steampunk flair. This is also the official FIGMENT after-party and the special guest producer is Figment's NOT THAT DAVE. This unique party encourages guests to create, join, and inspire the evening's outcome, with artwork, performance, or costume, demonstrating the party theme. Participants are rewarded with reduced admission, and a shot for the $100 cash prize for the most inspired!
Participants include SEQUINETTE, ST. EVE, LILIANA VELASQUEZ, MACHINE SEX and MOLLY CRABAPPLE in go-go, tarot readings, opera, fashion, art installations, and music. Downstairs, in "THE RUBBER ROOM" presided over by The Baroness, there's music, dance, play, and inspired madness all in the evening's theme. Admission is FREE for Artists who bring 2D/3D art, offer a performance or otherwise compete for the $100 Cash Prize
Dress: Antiquarians, Navigators, Explorers, Pirates, Pervy Seamen, All Continents, All Centuries. Make. An. Effort. FIGMENT volunteer chic also welcome so show off your FIGMENT gear and grass-stained knees!. Make. An. Effort.
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SATURDAY JUNE 20
CLAYWOMAN RETURNS TO EARTH
LE PETIT VERSAILLES
346 EAST HOUSTON ST.@ AVENUE C
8 PM, FREE ADMISSION
LE PETIT VERSAILLES
THE MYSTERY OF CLAYWOMAN is written and performed by MICHAEL CAVADIAS and directed by ROB ROTH. Utilizing live performance and film, the piece combines the forms of a documentary screening and lecture to actualize the story of Claywoman, a 500-million year old enigma who, legend has it, can cure anyone of their deepest pain. After sold out performances at DEITCH PROJECTS, THE NEW MUSEUM FOR CONTEMPORARY ART and most recently opening for ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS at TOWN HALL, Claywoman returns for a one night only performance at LE PETIT VERSAILLES.
This rare free performance blossoms new themes, ideas and characters in the beloved community garden on New York City's Lower East Side. A screening of "The Mystery of Claywoman" (featuring ALAN CUMMING, JUSTIN BOND, DEBBIE HARRY and AMY POEHLER) is followed by a lecture touching on subjects that involve our fragile planet and our evolution as a relatively new species. Described by PAPER MAGAZINE as "Funny, uncomfortable and depressing - in that order" and by MICHAEL MUSTO as "wildly witty", this next incarnation of the mystery that is Claywoman should be eye opening for all.
MORE INFORMATION, ALWAYS!
Photos and Images - JOHNNY DYNELL poses in Vienna's IMPERIAL HOTEL en route to THE LIFE BALL 2009. More VIENNA photos on the MOTHERBOARDS "VIENNESE WALTZ" topic * TIM GUNN (left) advises an ANTI-PROM 2009 attendee on her costume design for the gala, courtesy of NY PUBLIC LIBRARY, TEEN CENTRAL - 6/12 * On the dancefloor of VANDAM (photo by R. WEAVER, courtesy of the VANDAM GROUP on FACEBOOK) * Tarot Priestess ST. EVE (photo by AARON EDWARDS) - 6/14 * MICHAEL CAVADIAS as CLAYWOMAN (photo courtesy of rob-roth.com) - 6/20
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