June means New York City is sweaty and alive with possibility. Between Brooklyn Pride (June 11), the Mermaid Parade (June 18), Gay Pride (June 26) and all of the other opportunities to hang out with your pals/make new ones June is always a time for social stamina pants.
Me and Regie Cabico, who is in town for Rebel Cupcake Pride Happy Hour on June 25th.
This June I have created a calendar of really amazing events and I hope you get the chance to come out to one or many of them. Details are below, but first a list and dates!
Wed, June 1, 10pm-2a @ Stonewall: LEZ DANCE: A Trans Women Belong Here Dance Party Fundraiser
Thurs, June 9, 10pm-2a @ Sugarland: Rebel Cupcake 14: Love Long Distance (Gossip Tribute)
Fri, June 17, 7pm-10pm @ 116: How Long ‘Til My Soul Gets It Right: A Trans Women Belong Here Cocktail Party Fundraiser
Sat, June 25, 6pm-9pm @ Stonewall: Rebel Cupcake Pride Happy Hour Poetry/Hip-Hop Salon
Thurs, July 14, 10pm-2a @ Sugarland: Rebel Cupcake 15: Dirty Dancing
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 * New York, NY
Bevin Branlandingham presents…
LEZ DANCE: A Dance Party Benefiting Trans Women Blong Here
10PM-2AM Dancing; $5-$20 sliding scale
Late night dancing til 2a
Stonewall: 59 Christopher Street, NYC
DJ Polar Sounds on the decks serving you dance jams!!
More info about Trans Women Belong Here, “an informal organization of past, present, and future attendees of the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival (MWMF) who are taking active steps towards welcoming all woman-identified women to the festival.” This event will benefit their scholarship fund.
Thursday, June 9th, 2011 * Brooklyn, NY
Bevin Branlandingham Presents
Rebel Cupcake 14: Love Long Distance (Tribute to The Gossip)
10PM-2AM Dancing; show 11ish * $7
($2 off admission if you are on our texty texty list)
Late night dancing til 4a
Sugarland: 221 N 9th St @ Roebling, Brooklyn, NY
(3 blocks from the Bedford L subway stop)
Rebel Cupcake: a flamboyant queer dance party for all shapes & flavors!
*Sugarland DJ Bryan Black spins slow jams & riot grrrl favs to get you going, dance beats all night to keep you moving at a house party level–perfect for dancing and mingling! The dance party is a tribute to The Gossip and Beth Ditto this month, with plenty of 80s, 90s & contemporary dance mixed in.
*Performances by:
*ThiswayThatway, *dandified performance artist* from Oakland, CA
ThiswayThatway (aka Cecilio Cooper) is a dandified performance artist who enjoys the messy collision of glitter and theory. They explore blackness, sexuality, and gender through video, textiles, and drag/neo-burlesque traditions. Based in Oakland, ThiswayThatway has wreaked havoc on stages across North America, including: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (SF), 9:30 Club (DC), Hippodrome (PDX), Emo’s (AUS), The Metro (CHI), and Toronto Pride (CAN). thisway-thatway.com
Photo by Dave Golden
Photo by Victor Douglas
*Amanda Cheong, Brooklyn, NY / Sydney, AUS
Amanda Cheong comes from the land down under, where the women glow and
the men plunder. Currently an alien based in New York, this she-stache
wielding ghey has taken a break from riding kangaroos and hanging out
with Koalas to bring some aussie performance to your shores. Joining
the Sydney queer performance scene in 2007, Amanda brought politics to
the stage with her weird and quirky shows. Disgusting, astounding and
humoring audiences till they screamed for more.
*The Queer Chorus, Brooklyn’s own
Their debut performance! It’s like your friends are in Glee performing Queer songs!
Special Guest:
*Nailed by Ally Nail Booth!
Get your nails fancy for $15 from 10pm-2am!
*Nogga Schwartz ready to decorate your facebook page with antics from our wild photo booth!
*Hella foxy Hana Malia, our stylish and charming door captain.
We’ll have chairs out during the performances and there is a lot of seating available in grottos and at the bar. This is a great party to be loungey and social or dancey. The show will be over by midnight so earlybirds can make it home–the show is about 30 minutes long.
As always, free cupcakes while they last! Vegan & gluten free sometimes available.
Accessibility notes: The stage area and bar are wheelchair accessible. Coming into the venue is a little narrow but there are no stairs to enter or to get to the main seating area for the show. Lots of street parking available. (Please let me know if you need any accommodations!)
Friday, June 17, 2011 * New York, NY
Bevin Branlandingham presents…
How Long ‘Til My Soul Gets It Right: A Cocktail Party Benefiting Trans Women Belong Here
7PM-10PM Dancing, Raffle, Mingling! * Pay What You Will
116: 116 MacDougal Street, (West Village) NYC
Happy Hour 2 for 1 drinks from 7-10 special for our event! And a special mocktail available for those who aren’t drinking.
DJ Polar Sounds on the decks serving you dance jams!! Buy a raffle ticket and win fabulous prizes!
Please get in touch if you would like to co-host the event, assist in any way, or donate raffle prizes!! queerfatfemme at gmail.com
Saturday, June 25, 2011 * New York, NY
Bevin Branlandingham presents…
Rebel Cupcake Pride Poetry Salon
6PM-9PM, Show at 7PM sharp; $5-$10 sliding scale
Stonewall: 59 Christopher Street, NYC
The Pride collision of many queer poets in one venue!
Featuring REGIE CABICO, Washington, DC–Def Poetry Jam, Nuyorican Poetry Cafe winner
I love Regie Cabico. He is one of my favorite poets in the world and one time when I was falling in love with this girl I played her a Regie Cabico poem on the beach on one of the most incredible dates of my life. The girl is gone but Regie lives on. He loves this story.
Regie brings with him some amazing pals from England:
DOMINIC BERRY, Manchester, England
ROD TAME, Manchester, England
& More!