INTO THE LOW LIFE WITH HOWL!
HOWL! FESTIVAL AND THE JACKIE FACTORY PRESENT
LOW LIFE 4: BEAT GIRL
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2010
5-7 PM - WE START AND END ON TIME!
FREE ADMISSION
TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK, NYC
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On September 12, JACKIE FACTORY producers CHI CHI VALENTI and JOHNNY DYNELL will present their fourth annual LOW LIFE to crown the 2010 HOWL! FESTIVAL. LOW LIFE is the free and fabulous Sunday evening climax to HOWL! - a two hour spectacular inspired by East Village decades past. This year's LOW LIFE 4: BEAT GIRL pays homage to homegrown fifties beatnik culture and the BOWERY BEATS - the rebel painters, poets and performers drifting east from Greenwich Village. The show also sheds light on the Women of the Beat Generation, often overlooked, and their influence on 50's Burlesque.
The BEAT theme of LOW LIFE 4 will be interpreted by multiple dance companies, in vocal and musical performances, burlesque and drag renderings and of course - spoken word! This year's bill is in formation and will be announced in late July. As in years past, LOW LIFE antics are directed by two MCs - recording artist PAUL ALEXANDER (of THE ONES and JACKIE 60) with EMPRESS CHI CHI VALENTI, the show's co-producer. LOW LIFE events were inspired by the seminal LUC SANTE book "LOW LIFE: The Lures and Snares of Old New York" and are produced by local performance collective THE JACKIE FACTORY NYC. The annual LOW LIFE extravaganzas at HOWL! continue a body of work born at the seminal Meat Market nightclub JACKIE 60 in 1997, with past editions in London, Minneapolis and of course, the HOWL! FESTIVAL since 2007.
Dress Up And Join Us In The Park! Wear Beat Girl Glamour, Beatnik Cliches, Bettie Page Boho, Angelheaded Hipster, Black Tights, Abstract Expressionist Bodypaint, Berets, Beat Burlesque (North Beach vs. Left Bank), Existential Trannie, Rivington Street Refusenik or Art School Effects. Carry Sunflowers or BYOB (Bring Your Own Bongos)
7TH ANNUAL HOWL! FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED
SEPTEMBER 10TH, 11TH AND 12TH, 2010
FREE
TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK NYC
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HOWL ARTS, INC brings its 7th annual HOWL! Festival to TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK for an exceptional, existential and uplifting weekend of cutting edge art, fantasy, fun and kids events. On two stages, fully separate programs for children and adults will include the yearly ART AROUND THE PARK * LOW LIFE * HIP HOP HOWL! * HOUSE OF HOWL! * NEW WORLD MUSIC * THE CARL SOLOMON BOOK FAIR * HOWL! OPENS WIDE FOR 5, and the LOWER EAST SIDE GIRLS CLUB's EAST VILLAGE EARTH CIRCUS.
Since its founding in 2002, thousands of artists and performing groups of every genre and every background have taken to the streets, to the Park, and to the stage when HOWL! FESTIVAL roars through the East Village. Producers HOWL! ARTS, INC, a not-for-profit arts organization also will present the HOWL! ARTS PROJECT (HAP), a month-long performance series September 1-30 to benefit the HOWL EMERGENCY LIFE PROJECT (HOWL! HELP). Administered by the ACTORS FUND, HOWL! HELP is an emergency services and health fund available to East Village and downtown artists in need of assistance. HOWL! Arts Project presents poetry, theater, film, dance, music and performance art programs at modest ticket prices, all to benefit this important community resource.
HOWL! Arts channels the spirit and artistic invention of the namesake poem and poet Allen Ginsberg to deliver firsthand examples of the creative, cultural, and historical forces that have made the highly original downtown arts community world renowned. Partnering venues and groups include BOWERY POETRY CLUB, POETRY PROJECT AT ST MARKS CHURCH IN THE BOWERY, NUYORICAN POETS CAFE, A GATHERING OF THE TRIBES, NIAGARA, CAVE CANEM, ASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS WORKSHOP, GALLERY BAR, PIANOS, BOWERY ELECTRIC, ELLA LOUNGE and THEATRE 80 AT ST MARKS.
JULY NEWS AND EVENTS
LIFE BALL 2010
SATURDAY JULY 17
FROM MIDNIGHT
CITY HALL
VIENNA, AUSTRIA
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Vienna's annual LIFE BALL is Europe's largest and most spectacular charity event dedicated to raising support for the worldwide fight against HIV and AIDS. LIFE BALL reinvents the great Viennese Ball tradition with glamorous, outlandish performances and takes over Vienna's neo-Gothic CITY HALL for a truly gala event that has raised over 12 million euros in past editions. DJ JOHNNY DYNELL will spin the main dancefloor for this year's earth-themed edition, as part of an all-star international DJ roster. THE JACKIE FACTORY is delighted to be appearing along with many other Factory Friends including DIRTY MARTINI, TASTY TIM (LONDON), ADAM DUGAS, AMANDA LEPORE and LADYFAG for such a great cause. Thinking of attending? The last 100 tickets are being auctioned on Ebay through July 12, visit the lifeball website for details.
SUNDAYS
SUSANNE BARTSCH AND KENNY KENNY PRESENT
VANDAM SUNDAYS @ GREENHOUSE
150 VARICK STREET @ VANDAM
FROM 10 PM
COMP DOOR
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Downtown Divas extraordinaire SUSANNE BARTSCH and KENNY KENNY continue to rule Sunday nights with their weekly VANDAM party, providing a dressed-up night out for their faithful followers and new acolytes alike. A 2009 BEST OF NEW YORK now 1 1/2 years young, VANDAM is wildly popular and insanely well-dressed in the most CREATIVE way. An integral part of the magic is DJ JOHNNY DYNELL rocking the dancefloor with his unique mix of what MICHAEL MUSTO dubbed "oldish new and newish old". Other weekly highlights include visually stunning guest performers, fabulous tableau from DIRTY MARTINI, AJOSHUA and CHUCK ATTIX and JORDAN FOX upstairs, and a downstairs DISCO DUNGEON helmed by DESI MONSTER and LADYFAG. Add free admission, complimentary cocktails 10-10:30 and the marvelously mixed crowd and this is a weekend MUST. 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.
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Photos from LOW LIFE @ HOWL! past editions: JOEY ARIAS AND SHERRY VINE at the 2009 show * ADAM DUGAS onstage at last year's LOW LIFE 3: VIPER MAD * PIXIE HARLOTS prepare backstage at LOW LIFE 2 @ HOWL! in 2008 * HEATHER LITTEER gives flapper realness at last year's LOW LIFE 3: VIPER MAD - photos by MARK TUSK. All photos from the JACKIE FACTORY's FLICKR sets for LOW LIFE 2008 and LOW LIFE 2009
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