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SUMMARY:Holiday Book Signing with Linda Simpson at the Bureau
DESCRIPTION:The legendary Linda Simpson will hold court at the Bureau on Saturday\, December 18\, 2021\, from 2 to 5 PM! She’ll be signing copies of her book\, The Drag Explosion (Domain Books\, 2020\, hardcover\, $50). We’ll have copies of The Drag Explosion and Drag Explosion t-shirts available for purchase. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nNew York’s momentous drag scene of the 1980s and ‘90s reigns again in this volume of photos by Linda Simpson\, who spent the era in the middle of the action taking just-for-fun snapshots. The vivid images capture wild nightlife\, queer activism\, pop-culture moments\, and colorful characters galore as they joyfully pushed the boundaries of gender expression\, including Lady Bunny\, RuPaul\, Lypsinka and Leigh Bowery. Ultimately\, her collection is a tribute to a golden age\, when drag transformed from an underground art form into a mainstream sensation\, and paved the path for today’s drag renaissance. \nSafety protocol: The Center requires all visitors to wear masks at all times. \nIt’s a miracle! After more than 30 years as a drag queen\, Linda Simpson continues to dazzle her fans with her witty demeanor\, fine-tuned camp sensibility and unique blend of sass and class. And let’s not forget her stunning appearance! \nSince emerging from the East Village drag scene in the late 1980s\, the multi-faced queen has racked up a mile-long list of creative endeavors\, including nightlife work galore as a hostess and party promoter; publishing the “revolutionary gay magazine” My Comrade; writing and starring in four different plays; and extensive work as a journalist\, often in cahoots with her male alter ego\, Les Simpson. \nAnother of Linda’s roles is drag her-storian. Her acclaimed slideshow presentation\, THE DRAG EXPLOSION\, features her vivid photos of NYC’s drag subculture in the 1980s and ‘90s. \nAnd can you say BINGO? Throngs of people have attended her weekly club gigs and special events featuring fabulous prizes! \nLinda’s staying power has also helped make her a drag pundit of sorts\, and she has been featured in oodles of articles\, videos and documentaries. \nThe New York Times has called her “A worldly wit… A kind of mother superior of the New York drag scene\,” while Paper considers her “The thinking woman’s drag queen.” \nYesterday\, today and tomorrow\, Linda enthusiastically embraces the role she was born to play— a reigning queen! \n 
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LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:TELL 76: Spreading Queer! Holigay Stories! (ONLINE EVENT)
DESCRIPTION:  \nTELL is an evening of story telling from the mouths and minds of queers in NYC hosted by Drae Campbell at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division since February 2014. \nSpreading Queer! Holigay Stories! is the theme of the 76th TELL\, on Saturday\, December 18\, 2021\, 7 to 9 PM (EST) on Zoom! Featuring: olaiya olayemi\, Shomi Noise\, Chewy May\, and Calvin Cato.\n\n\nRegistration on Eventbrite required in order to gain access to the Zoom link.\nClick here to register\nSuggested donation of $10 to benefit the Bureau and the storytellers. \nYou can make a donation when you register on the Eventbrite page. Thank you for supporting the Bureau and TELL! \nAll are welcome to join\, with or without a donation. \nOnce you have registered on Eventbrite you will receive an email with the link you need to join the event on Zoom–or you can simply return to the Eventbrite page for the event and click on “Access the event.” But you will only be able to access this AFTER you have registered. \nPhotograph by Grace Chu\nDrae Campbell is an actor and performer who has appeared on stages all over NYC and on the internet\, movies and tv.  She’s been spotted on the tv shows New Amsterdam and Bull and on the web series Dinette directed by Shaina Feinberg. She can also be found online on Refinery29\, IFC.Com and BRICTV to name a few. Some fave stage acting credits: Only You Can Prevent Wildfires\, Ricochet Collective\, Non-Consensual Relationships With Ghosts\, La Mama\, My Old Man\, Dixon Place\, Oph3lia at HERE\, The Nosebleed at The Public Theatre. Drae also appeared as a radical lesbian in Taylor Mac’s 24 Decade History Of Popular Music at St. Ann’s Warehouse. Drae’s been hosting and curating TELL at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division for 7 plus years. If you like  queer stories\, TELL is also a Podcast! www.draecampbell.com \n  \n \nolaiya olayemi is a blk/trans/femme/womxxxn/anti-disciplinary artist/educator/and organizer. she has performed at Brooklyn Arts Exchange\, JACK\, AAA3A\, metaDEN\, The Wild Project\, The Langston Hughes House\, Starr Bar\, Mayday Space\, and Dixon Place. she holds a b.a. in english/creative writing from depaul university and a m.f.a. in creative writing from emerson college where she was a recipient of the Dean’s Fellowship. she is a 2019-2020 Performance Fellow in Queer Art’s mentorship program\, a Fall 2020 Brooklyn Arts Exchange Space Grantee\, and a 2020-2021 American Woman Fellow in Dramatic Question Theatre’s American Woman Lab. she currently lives in philadelphia. \n  \nShomi Noise is a musician\, DJ\, writer and storyteller with an established reputation in the Brooklyn queer underground scene. She uses music to share empowering messages with the world through creative sets that mix various genres & sounds ranging from Latin\, punk\, hip-hop\, reggae\, and pop. She is also the lead singer of the Selena Quintanilla punk tribute band Amor Prohibido. \n  \n \nChewy May is a comic born and raised in Brooklyn\, New York. She has over 20 years of social awkwardness under her belt which fuels her comedy mind and her perspective on life. \nHas been featured on: \nBrooklyn Pride Comedy Show (Brooklyn\, NY) – 2016 \nCrosstown Comedy Festival (New York\, NY) – 2016 \nNasty Women Unite Fest (Queens\, NY) – 2017 \nStand Up NY Comedy Festival (New York\, NY) 2017 \nThunderFest (Allston\, MA) 2017 \nHarlem Comedy Festival (New York\, NY) 2017 \nShe-Devil Comedy Festival (New York\, NY) 2017 \nHell Yes Fest (New Orleans\, LA) 2018 \n  \n \nCalvin S. Cato has performed all across the United States and has even crossed the border into Canada. His television appearances include the Game Show Network\, Oxygen’s My Crazy Love\, National Geographic’s Brain Games\, and an unaired pilot for Vice Media called Emergency Black Meeting. His work has been featured in numerous festivals including San Francisco Sketchfest\, Brooklyn Pride\, Gotham Storytelling Festival and the Women in Comedy Festival. In addition\, you may have heard him on Sirius XM or on the popular podcasts RISK!\, Guys We F*cked\, Las Culturistas\, and Keith and the Girl. In 2017\, Calvin was named one of Time Out New York’s Queer Comics of Color to Watch Out For. In 2021\, Calvin contributed to Kweendom\, an anthology of essays written by queer comedians. \n 
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