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SUMMARY:Yarrott Benz reads from his memoir The Bone Bridge: A Brother’s Story
DESCRIPTION:  \nYarrott Benz reads from his recently published memoir The Bone Bridge: A Brother’s Story. This is the harrowing account of teenage brothers\, as different as night and day\, trapped together in a dramatic medical dilemma—a modern miracle and a modern nightmare. Despite painful and violent conflicts\, Yarrott\, gay\, must bear the full responsibility of keeping his straight\, homophobic brother alive. The only case like it in history\, the story unfolds over thirteen years as the two brothers navigate through their enmeshed lives with all that they feel for each other: hatred and love\, rejection and acceptance\, disdain and respect. In our world of the individual\, where careerism\, ego\, and personal gain are key\, The Bone Bridge describes a vastly different human situation and also one in which the reader invariably asks\, What would I have done? \n  \nChristopher Bram will introduce Yarrott Benz. \n  \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau \n(No one turned away for lack of funds.) \n  \n \nArtist\, memoirist\, and essayist Yarrott Benz has written about architecture’s seminal role in art history and the psychology of visual trends. Having taught for many years in New York City and in Los Angeles\, he now lives on a farm outside Lexington\, Kentucky. \n  \n  \n \nChristopher Bram is the author of\, among others\, FATHER OF FRANKENSTEIN\, which was adapted in the film GODS AND MONSTERS. His recent book EMINENT OUTLAWS: THE GAY WRITERS WHO CHANGED AMERICA\, shows how central gay literature is in the American canon. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/yarrott-benz/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150923T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150923T220000
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SUMMARY:Bi Visibility Day Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:  \nBi Writers & Poets\, Musicians & Singers\, Artists & Photographers: express yourselves & be visible! Everyone else is invited to listen in. Sign up by email or at the door if there is still space. Contact Sheela Lambert at fuscialadybug (at) netzero (dot) com to sign up. Assume you have 5 minutes. \nReception at 7 \nOpen Mic at 7:30 \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/bi-visibility-day-open-mic/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150922T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150922T210000
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SUMMARY:WRITE QUEER!
DESCRIPTION:  \nWrite Queer! is an ongoing open-ended weekly writing workshop for those who identify as both Queer and Writer. Come read a variety of work by queer artists\, generate new writing\, and workshop with your peers. All experience levels and writing backgrounds are welcome. \nClasses meet every Tuesday from 7pm-9pm at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. \nPlease note that the Bureau is closed on Tuesdays—we will open from 7 to 9 PM on Tuesdays for this event. \n$20 per class to benefit the facilitators and the Bureau. Limited sliding scale and scholarship available. Contact Cecily at sumthn.else@gmail.com for details. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/write-queer-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150919T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150919T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113706
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LAST-MODIFIED:20150911T223620Z
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SUMMARY:James Baldwin: The Defiant One
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us for an evening focusing on the life and activism of James Baldwin\, organized by James Wright\, African-American scholar and union activist. \nPoet and author Alicia Dunnigan\, writer and librarian Stephan Likosky\, union activist Reginald Manning\, and James Wright will address the life\, work\, and activism of James Baldwin. \nThe evening will also include a screening of I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982). \n“Produced and directed by Dick Fontaine and Pat Hartley\, this is a highly personal film essay written by James Baldwin about exactly who and what survived the civil rights movement. It features Baldwin\, his brother David\, Chinua Achebe\, Amiri Baraka\, and other friends Baldwin made “on that long\, long road’ through the sixties. Music by Stuff and a host of Southern voices.” (https://www.dickfontaine.com/1980page.html) \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/james-baldwin-the-defiant-one/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150917T190000
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SUMMARY:Get HARD with AN OLDER MAN: Wayne Hoffman's new books
DESCRIPTION:Author Wayne Hoffman reads from his steamy new novel\, AN OLDER MAN\, about a gay man struggling to come to terms with getting older\, while he searches for love and sex in Provincetown. Jeff Mann (CUB) called the book “as much a touching examination of aging and loneliness as it is a witty tale of sexual shenanigans during Provincetown’s Bear Week.” AN OLDER MAN is a sequel to Wayne’s debut novel\, HARD\, which he will also read from at the event. \n  \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau.\nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \n \nWayne Hoffman is the author of three books—HARD\, SWEET LIKE SUGAR (winner of the Stonewall Book Award)\, and AN OLDER MAN. His essays and short stories have appeared in such collections as BEST GAY STORIES 2010\, FRESH MEN 2\, and MAMA’S BOY. As a cultural reporter\, he has written for the Washington Post\, Village Voice\, The Nation\, Billboard\, and Instinct magazine; he is currently executive editor of Tablet magazine. He lives in the West Village and the Catskills. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/get-hard/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150915T190000
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SUMMARY:WRITE QUEER!
DESCRIPTION:  \nWrite Queer! is an ongoing open-ended weekly writing workshop for those who identify as both Queer and Writer. Come read a variety of work by queer artists\, generate new writing\, and workshop with your peers. All experience levels and writing backgrounds are welcome. \nClasses meet every Tuesday from 7pm-9pm at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. \nPlease note that the Bureau is closed on Tuesdays—we will open from 7 to 9 PM on Tuesdays for this event. \n$20 per class to benefit the facilitators and the Bureau. Limited sliding scale and scholarship available. Contact Cecily at sumthn.else@gmail.com for details. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/write-queer-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150912T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150912T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113706
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SUMMARY:Launch of Mouthquake by Daniel Allen Cox\, with Sarah Schulman
DESCRIPTION:  \nPlease join Daniel Allen Cox and Sarah Schulman for the launch of the novel Mouthquake (Arsenal Pulp Press). Both authors will read from their work. \nCopies of Mouthquake will be available for purchase. \nReception at 7\, readings at 7:30 \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \nAbout Mouthquake: Montreal\, 1979. A boy’s speech starts to fracture along with the cement of le Stade olympique. Do they share a fault line? Daniel Allen Cox’s unconventional fourth novel tells the story of a boy with a stutter who grows up and uses sound to remember the past. A coming-of-age tale that telescopes through time like an amnesiac memoir\, Mouthquake finds its strange beat in subliminal messages hidden in skipping records\, in the stutters of celebrities\, and in the wisdom of The Grand Antonio\, a suspicious mystic who helps the narrator unlock the secret to his speech. This is a loudly exclaimed book of innuendo\, rumours\, and the tangled barbs of repressed memory that asks: How do you handle a troubling past event that behaves like a barely audible whisper? Written with a poetic bravado and in a structure that mimics a stutter\, the elegiac Mouthquake is speech therapy for the bent: the signal is perverted and the sounds are thrilling. \nFrom the Afterword by Sarah Schulman: \n “Art both tells and transforms life. And it is through the juxtaposition of evocative\, surprising language with intellectual awareness and the sharing of open consciousness that this process is conveyed with soul as long as the form emerges from the emotional center of the work. Daniel finds these connections and innovations within himself\, partially through commitment\, partially through instinct. It’s that thing we call talent.” \n  \n  \nAuthor photo by Alison Slattery\nDaniel Allen Cox is the author of the novels Shuck\, Krakow Melt\, Basement of Wolves\, Mouthquake\, and the novella Tattoo This Madness In. He co-wrote the screenplay for Bruce LaBruce’s 2013 film Gerontophilia. Daniel was a 2015 writer-in-residence at the Zvona i Nari Library & Literary Retreat in Ližnjan\, Croatia. He lives in Montreal\, where he is vice president of Quebec Writers’ Federation. www.mouthquake.com  \n  \n \nSarah Schulman‘s new novel\, The Cosmopolitans\, will be published in March 2016 by The Feminist Press. Her play Roe Versus Wade\, will have a reading on Sunday\, September 13\, at 7 as part of the Howl Festival at 6 East 1st St between 2nd Avenue and Bowery\, directed by Niegel Smith. \n  \n  \nThe Bureau serves beer\, wine\, and sparkling water for cash donations. \nThe Bureau is wheelchair accessible. \nGender-neutral bathrooms are available. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/launch-of-mouthquake/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150910T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150910T213000
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SUMMARY:KNOWSGAY No. 5 - Heroes and Role Models
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau is happy to announce our next exhibition: KNOWSGAY No5 – Heroes and Role Models \nReception: Thursday\, September 10 from 6:00-9:30pm \nThe exhibition will run from September 10 – November 15 \n  \nThree part exhibition: \n• Presentation of KNOWSGAY No5 \n• Timeline Exhibition of all previous issues of KNOWSGAY \n• Exhibition of original artwork related to KNOWSGAY created by Charlie Welch and Paul Moreno \n  \n30% of all KNOWSGAY sales during the exhibition will go to New Alternatives* \n*New Alternative’s mission is to provide skills and opportunities that will allow homeless LGBT youth to obtain the stable\, meaningful employment that is necessary in order to obtain and maintain permanent housing. Services provided will include life skills training\, case management\, and supported transitional employment. \nKNOWSGAY \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/knowsgay-exhibition/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150909T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150909T220000
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SUMMARY:20Something Monthly Manhattan Meetup
DESCRIPTION:  \nIf you are new to the city\, recently out\, just looking for friends\, or whatever experiences brought you to us – we offer a safe space where we can mingle and talk about our experiences as an LGBT person in New York City. We hold our meetings on the second Wednesday of every month from 8-10 PM at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. We recommend this 20Something Meetup to anyone who is looking for a more casual space to explore their sexual/gender identity. There will be light refreshments. Bring friends! \n  \n20Something is the largest social events organization for young lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, and transgender people in New York City\, aged 21 to 30. We hold a monthly social\, and two monthly icebreaker/discussion groups at the Brooklyn Pride Center and at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, the queer cultural center and bookstore on the second floor of The LGBT Community Center\, in Manhattan. With more than 2\,500 members\, we engage young adults across all 5 boroughs with a safe\, confidential\, and respectful platform to meet other LGBT folk. Many of our members have made long lasting friendships\, relationships\, and have been connected to important LGBT services and resources. Whether you are new to the city\, recently out\, or just looking to make friends – 20Something offers a space for you to pave the way to your own adventures in New York City – and make living here a little easier. Become a member: meetup.com/20SomethingNYC \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/20something/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150908T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150908T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113706
CREATED:20150828T210614Z
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SUMMARY:WRITE QUEER!
DESCRIPTION:  \nWrite Queer! is an ongoing open-ended weekly writing workshop for those who identify as both Queer and Writer. Come read a variety of work by queer artists\, generate new writing\, and workshop with your peers. All experience levels and writing backgrounds are welcome. \nStarting September 8th\, classes meet every Tuesday from 7pm-9pm at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. \nPlease note that the Bureau is closed on Tuesdays—we will open from 7 to 9 PM on Tuesdays for this event. \n$20 per class to benefit the facilitators and the Bureau. Limited sliding scale and scholarship available. Contact Cecily at sumthn.else@gmail.com for details. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/write-queer/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150906
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150907
DTSTAMP:20260404T113706
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SUMMARY:Bureau closed on Sundays: August 9th - September 6th
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Bureau will be closed on Sundays until after Labor Day Weekend: August 9th\, 16th\, 23rd\, 30th\, and September 6th. We will resume Sunday hours beginning on September 13th.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/bureau-closed-on-sundays-august-9th-september-6th-5/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150830
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150831
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SUMMARY:Bureau closed on Sundays: August 9th - September 6th
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Bureau will be closed on Sundays until after Labor Day Weekend: August 9th\, 16th\, 23rd\, 30th\, and September 6th. We will resume Sunday hours beginning on September 13th.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/bureau-closed-on-sundays-august-9th-september-6th-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150827T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150827T203000
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SUMMARY:Bi Book Club: The Summer of Sex: Memoirs of a Gigolo\, by Livia Ellis
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Bi Book Club meets monthly to discuss bi-themed books and the issues they raise. \nDay/Time: 4th Thursdays\, 6:30-8pm. Dinner after nearby (usually Village Den.) \nThe Bi Book Club theme for July & August is “The Summer of Sex.” Our book for August is Memoirs of a Gigolo\, Omnibus Vol. 1-4\, by Livia Ellis\,  (order your copy from BGSQD.) This is a sexy\, funny\, bisexual erotic novel. \nIn this collected omnibus edition of the first four e-books in the series\, you’ll learn why Oliver turns to a life as a male escort when he is a titled English Lord (and a tabloid favorite). Follow him as he travels the globe (Tokyo\, Bangkok\, etc.) bedding a Latin pop star\, two princesses\, and a beautiful Russian fellow escort as charming and duplicitous as himself. This book has a very humorous tone. You won’t want to stop reading. \nPick out some phrases\, paragraphs or scenes that you’d like to discuss\, or just join in on our read-a-long. Last month we had a blast reading bisexual scenes from our erotic romance book out loud with everyone taking different roles. Give us your critique of the book. What worked\, what didnt\, how was bisexuality represented? If you havent had time to finish the readings\, come anyway because we read passages from the book aloud for discussion. As usual\, we’ll also be using the text as a jumping off point to further discussion of bisexual issues and personal experiences. \nNext Book: Call It Wonder the new memoir by Kate Evans. \nGetting Books: We urge you to purchase your print copy at the Bureau and support the only LGBT bookstore in New York City. Especially since they are hosting us in their space! If you prefer e-books\, just get them your usual way. \n  \nRSVP on Bi Meetup \n  \nThe Bi Book Club meets at the Bureau of General Services-Queer Division on the last Thursday of each month.  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/bi-book-club-memoirs-of-a-gigolo/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150823
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150824
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SUMMARY:Bureau closed on Sundays: August 9th - September 6th
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Bureau will be closed on Sundays until after Labor Day Weekend: August 9th\, 16th\, 23rd\, 30th\, and September 6th. We will resume Sunday hours beginning on September 13th.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/bureau-closed-on-sundays-august-9th-september-6th-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150822T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150822T220000
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SUMMARY:Newfangled 7: Robert Siek hosts Ricardo Hernandez\, Joshua Kleinberg\, & Tommy "Teebs" Pico
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us for the 7th installment of Newfangled\, poetry readings by emerging poets hosted by Robert Siek. Newfangled 7 will feature Ricardo Hernandez\, Joshua Kleinberg\, & Tommy “Teebs” Pico. \n  \n \nRICARDO HERNANDEZ is a graduate of Baruch College and recipient of fellowships from Poets House and Lambda Literary. He lives in Queens. \n  \n \nJOSHUA KLEINBERG is an MFA candidate at Columbia University. His poetry was awarded an Academy of American Poets prize and has appeared in Chorus: A Literary Mixtape (2012\, MTV Books) and New Poetry from the Midwest (2015\, New American). \n  \n \nTOMMY “TEEBS” PICO is the author of absentMINDR (VERBALVISUAL\, 2014)—the first chapbook APP published for iOS mobile/tablet devices—was a Queer/Art/Mentors inaugural fellow\, 2013 Lambda Literary fellow in poetry\, and has poems in BOMB\, Guernica\, and [PANK]. Originally from the Viejas Indian reservation of the Kumeyaay nation\, he now lives in Brooklyn and co-curates the reading series Poets With Attitude (PWA) with Morgan Parker. @heyteebs \n  \n  \n  \n \nROBERT SIEK is the author of the poetry collection Purpose and Devil Piss (Sibling Rivalry Press\, 2013) and the chapbook Clubbed Kid (New School University\, 2002). He works at a large publishing house in Manhattan and lives in Brooklyn. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/newfangled-7/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150821T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150821T220000
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SUMMARY:Queer Love In Film and Print\, Italian-American Style: An Evening with Annie “L is for Lion” Lanzillotto and Trans Writer-Director Mikki “Alt
DESCRIPTION:Writer-Director Mikki del Monico’s romantic comedy “Alto” was selected as the upcoming Feature Screening for NewFilmmakers New York\, Wednesday 8/26/15 at Anthology Film Archives. Alto is: Two Girls. One Gun. The Mob. Get your first taste here. \nAuthor-Poet-Actor-Songwriter Annie Lanzillotto will reprise her cameo in the film and read from her memoir “L is for Lion\,” including the premiere of clips from her soon-to-be-released audiobook of the same title. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to ask questions about the creative process from a DIY perspective. Producer Toni “From Crowd Funding to Completion” D’Antonio will be on hand to share her hard-earned knowledge on making an indie film in NYC. \nReading\, Performance\, Q&A\, Sneak Peeks\, Ticket Raffles\, Special Guests. Plus surviving Italian American families in and (mostly) out of the Mob. \nLearn more at www.altothemovie.com and www.annielanzillotto.com | \nSuggested Donation: $5 to Benefit BGSQD but NO ONE turned away for lack of funds! \n  \n  \n \nMikki del Monico works out of a true passion for the craft of storytelling. His feature script\, Indelible\, won an Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting Award and went on to win their Feature Film Production Grant. His music video for the band\, Antigone Rising\, premiered on CMT and was recently nominated for an OUTMUSIC Award. In addition to writing and directing\, he has also worked as a film editor\, book editor\, researcher\, proofreader\, personal trainer\, and digital media teaching assistant on a ship that sailed the Atlantic Ocean. He holds an MFA in Film from Columbia University. Alto is his directorial debut. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \nPhoto: Carolina Kroon\, 2011. carolinakroonphotography.com\nAnnie Rachele Lanzillotto is a New York poet and performance artist\, author of the book of poetry\, SCHISTSONG (Bordighera Press 2013)\, and vocalist/songwriter of the albums BLUE PILL\, CARRY MY COFFEE\, and ELEVEN RECITATIONS. Lanzillotto teaches solo performance to The Apprentice Company at The Actors Theatre of Louisville. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/queer-love-in-film-and-print/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150820T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150820T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113706
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SUMMARY:TELL 15: Housing/Home
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. \nHousing/Home is the theme of the fifteenth installment of TELL. Featuring Lady Quesa’Dilla\, Kirya Traber\, Kei Williams\, & Chavisa Woods. \n$5-10 suggested donation – no one turned away for lack of funds \n  \n \nDrae Campbell is a writer\, actor\, director\, story teller\, dancer\, and nightlife emcee. Besides winning the 2011 Miss LEZ title\, Drae has been featured on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and on stages all over NYC. Drae’s directing work has appeared in Iceland\, NYC\, Budapest and in the San Francisco Fringe Festival. The short film Drae wrote and starred in\, YOU MOVE ME won the Audience Award for Outstanding Narrative Short at OUTFEST 2010 and has been shown in fesivals globally. She just won the grand prize at the first annual San Miguel De Allende Storytelling Festival in Mexico. Drae was dubbed “the next lezzie comedian on the block” by AfterEllen.com for her comedic stylings on the interwebs. Campbell throws a monthly party in Brooklyn called PRIME. Check her out online (her reel and her website www.draecampbell.com) and around town. \n  \n  \n \nAlejandro Rodríguez AKA Lady Quesa’Dilla  — Alejandro is a native Tejan@ from the El Paso and Ciudad Juárez border. Their work is at the intersection of cultural identity\, drag\, and community. “The Brown Queen\,” an autobiographical solo performance about growing up queer in the southwest\, premiered at HERE Arts Center in the spring of 2010. Most recent solo performances include “My Tia Lupe” and “The Faggot in the Pink House”. Alejandro has performed in New York City\, El Paso\, Texas\, Chiapas\, Mexico\, and Montreal\, Canada. Alejandro is a member of The  House of Bushwig\, as Lady Quesa’Dilla\, duties include Volunteer Coordinator for the annual Bushwig Festival. \n    Alejandro can also be found as an Information and Referral Specialist at the Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual\, and Transgender Community Center in Manhattan; and as a Teaching Artist in The Bronx and Brooklyn. \n    Alejandro holds a BA in Theater from Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts\, and a MA in Performance Studies from Tisch School of the Arts\, New York University\, and is an alum of The Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics. \n    Resides in Brooklyn. \n    Lady Quesa’Dilla is the reigning Miss Coney Island Queen of Drag. \n  \n  \n  \nArtist photograph by Bethanie Hines\nKirya Traber is a cultural worker\, a nationally awarded writer and performer\, a Black queer woman\, a high femme\, and an Oakland girl with a Brooklyn address. Born and raised in northern California\, Kirya relocated to New York in 2011\, where she received her MFA in Acting from the New School for Drama\, and just completed a year as the Lincoln Center Education Artist Fellow. Kirya is the recipient of the California Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts\, Robert Redford’s Sundance foundation award for Activism in the Arts\, Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s Certificate of Recognition\, an Astrea Lesbian Writers Fund award for Poetry\, and is a former judge for the LAMBDA Literary awards in LGBT Drama. Kirya is an alumnus of the 2010 VONA/Voices retreat for writers of color\, and the 2012 EmergeNYC intensive at the Hemispheric Institute\, and is a 2014 Space Grantee at Brooklyn Arts Exchange. Kirya has toured the United States and Canada as a poet and solo performance artist\, and her written work can be found in the pages of\, Other Tongues\, an anthology by Inana Press\, and in her 2009 chapbook\, black chick. She has worked as an arts educator with youth and adults\, in school and community based settings\, and within the juvenile justice system. \n \n  \n \nKei Williams is the founder of Woodruff\, a creative entity that they use to produce all of their artistic endeavors. A self-taught visual artist & graphic designer\, they serve as a community manager through consulting entrepreneurs in order to sustain the economic development\, along with affirming the culture\, of Harlem NY. Since high school when they created the “Underground Café” located in Central NY which caters to the needs of inner-city youth\, they have been dedicated to addressing the impacts of racism and sexism that have generationally plagued the communities of Black folks and people of color. They are currently an organizer and member of Black Lives Matter (NYC). When not being superboi or stoop sipping in Harlem\, they play with their adorable “borkie” Spartacus. Kei connects with the world under the Twitter handle @BlackBoiKei. \n  \n  \n \nChavisa Woods is the author of two books of fiction\, The Albino Album\, a novel\, (550 pages) Seven Stories Press (Distributed by Random House)\, 2013; and Love Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind\, full-length fiction (Fly by Night Press\, 2009). The Second Edition of this book was released by Autonomedia Press under the Unbearables imprint in 2013. Woods was the recipient of the 2013 Cobalt Prize for fiction and was a finalist (second nomination) for the 2013 Lambda Literary Award for fiction. Woods has appeared as a featured author at such notable venues as The Whitney Museum of American Art\, City Lights Bookstore\, Town Hall Seattle\, The Brecht Forum\, The Cervantes Institute\, and St. Mark’s Poetry Project. Her writing has appeared in such publications as The Evergreen Review\, New York Quarterly\, The Brooklyn Rail\, Cleaver Magazine\, and Jadaliyya. Woods was the recipient of the 2009 Jerome Foundation award for emerging authors\, recently served as the guest prose editor for Great Weather for Media’s 2015 anthology\, and is currently completing her third work of full-length fiction. \nWoods has presented lectures and conducted workshops  on short fiction and poetry at a number of academic institutions\, including: New York University (NYU)\, Penn State\, Sarah Lawrence College\, Bard College\, Brooklyn College\, Brooklyn Tech and the New School. \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Real QTs: A Night of Art & Performance
DESCRIPTION:get down with REAL QTs! \nReal QTs is a multi-genre showcase of intersectional lgbtq performing artists that honors and reps how multitudinous and interconnected the categories “trans*” and “queer” can be. Our aim is to create a space for off-the-margins queer and trans voices that often go unheard given a general privileging of cis\, white\, economically-advantaged experiences. \nit’s a raw/emotive/raunchy/REAL event that celebrates our many talents\, experiences\, and intersecting identities. \nfeaturing\nrobert reid drake\nrex leonowicz \nGypjaQ\nCancer Rising (ft. Jesse Manuel Graves & Devyn Manibo)\nSuggested donation of $5 for the Bureau.\nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \n\nGypjaQ is a musician from Harlem with eclectic artistic express. With beats from LawlySe\, GQ brings a new style\, a new thought\, a new groove. Call it\, aNvKai.\n  \nRobert Reid Drake is a soft butch\, pansy poet currently living in Washington\, DC. He is a former host & curator of Juniper Bends\, a free & femme-centric reading series in Asheville\, NC. His work has appeared in Assaracus\, Wussy Magazine\, and Crab Fat Magazine\, as well as the collaborative zine\, Doing It Mostly Wrong. On the internet he is sweet\, sweet\, sweeterthanspit. \n  \nif dionysus were an intersectional feminist performing artist/poet\, then dionysus rex leonowicz would be. rex is a working class trans/queer/non-binary femme from queens\, new york\, now living in oakland\, california. he’s obsessed with cats\, life as drag\, self-professed freaks\, & sparkles. some of his work can be found in it’s night in san francisco\, but it’s sunny in oakland\, the queer south\, lambda literary’s poetry spotlight\, gertrude journal\, shampoo\, etc. he loves e-mail and new friends\, so get in touch at leonowitch@gmail.com if you feel so inclined! \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/real-qts-a-night-of-art-performance/
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SUMMARY:Bureau closed on Sundays: August 9th - September 6th
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Bureau will be closed on Sundays until after Labor Day Weekend: August 9th\, 16th\, 23rd\, 30th\, and September 6th. We will resume Sunday hours beginning on September 13th.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/bureau-closed-on-sundays-august-9th-september-6th-2/
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SUMMARY:DEADLINE: Part 2 of Two-Part August Edition on Racism
DESCRIPTION:On August 6th and 13th\, curator Sabrina Chap will host a special two-part edition of Deadline focusing on racism.  \nDeadline asks performance artists\, filmmakers\, and writers to stop posting on Facebook and create new works that engage racism on some level. As at every edition of Deadline\, audience members are asked to provide short\, anonymous written responses to each performance as a way of providing feedback to the artists. \nPart 2\, on August 13th\, will feature: \n  \nKate Brandt – film\nJamila Reddy – performance\nSacred Walker – performance\n\n  \nDeadline is a works-in-progress series featuring new work from cutting-edge queer artists. Built on the notion that there’s no greater inspiration than a deadline\, this series forces renegade artists to bring new and developing work to an audience for the first time. Part experimentation + part guaranteed failure = 100% awesomeness.Hosted by Sabrina Chap. \n\n\nInterested in presenting your work in a future installment of Deadline? Fill out the form!\nArtists of any kind are encouraged to submit. \nhttps://goo.gl/forms/Z84O7GgVdB \n  \nCheck out this article on the August edition of Deadline in Next Magazine: “BGSQD’s Deadline Gives Queer Artists Room To Create And Grow” by Chris Hernandez \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/deadline-part-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150809
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150810
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SUMMARY:Bureau closed on Sundays: August 9th - September 6th
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Bureau will be closed on Sundays until after Labor Day Weekend: August 9th\, 16th\, 23rd\, 30th\, and September 6th. We will resume Sunday hours beginning on September 13th.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/bureau-closed-on-sundays-august-9th-september-6th/
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SUMMARY:DEADLINE: Part 1 of Two-Part August Edition on Racism
DESCRIPTION:On August 6th and 13th\, curator Sabrina Chap will host a special two-part edition of Deadline focusing on racism.  \nDeadline asks performance artists\, filmmakers\, and writers to stop posting on Facebook and create new works that engage racism on some level. As at every edition of Deadline\, audience members are asked to provide short\, anonymous written responses to each performance as a way of providing feedback to the artists. \n \nPart 1\, on August 6th\, will feature: \n  \nNefertiti Asanti – poetry\nZave Martohardjono – film\nRobert Hyers – personal essay\nDamien Luxe – performance art\nJamie Leo – personal essay\n\n  \nDeadline is a works-in-progress series featuring new work from cutting-edge queer artists. Built on the notion that there’s no greater inspiration than a deadline\, this series forces renegade artists to bring new and developing work to an audience for the first time. Part experimentation + part guaranteed failure = 100% awesomeness.\n \nHosted by Sabrina Chap. \n\n\n \nInterested in presenting your work in a future installment of Deadline? Fill out the form!\nArtists of any kind are encouraged to submit.\n \nhttps://goo.gl/forms/Z84O7GgVdB \n  \nCheck out this article on the August edition of Deadline in Next Magazine: “BGSQD’s Deadline Gives Queer Artists Room To Create And Grow” by Chris Hernandez \n  \n  \n  \n\n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/deadline-august-part-1/
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Richard Stevenson and Mark Zubro
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a talk with and readings from two of the giants of the LGBT mystery genre. \n  \nRichard Stevenson is the pseudonym of Richard Lipez\, author of fifteen books\, including the Don Strachey private eye series. A former editorial writer at The Berkshire Eagle\, Lipez contributed to Crimes of the Scene: A Mystery Novel Guide for the International Traveler and reviews mysteries for The Washington Post. His reporting\, reviews\, and fiction have appeared in Newsday\, the Boston Globe\, The Atlantic\, and many other publications. Four of the Strachey books have been filmed by HereTV. Red White Black and Blue\, the twelfth Strachey book\, won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Mystery of 2011. Lipez grew up and was educated in Pennsylvania and as a Peace Corps volunteer taught English in Ethiopia. He is married to sculptor and video artist Joe Wheaton and lives in Becket\, Massachusetts. \n  \nMark Zubro is the author of thirty-two novels and five short stories. His book A Simple Suburban Murder won the lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Men’s mystery. Dying to Play is his most recent mystery and features gay private eye Mike King. His latest book is the third and last volume in his epic gay science fiction trilogy Alien Victory. Mark spends his time reading\, writing\, napping\, and eating chocolate. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/an-evening-with-richard-stevenson-and-mark-zubro/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150730T193000
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SUMMARY:TELL 14: Vacations
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. \nVacations is the theme of the fourteenth installment of TELL. Featuring Mizz June\, Mariel Reyes\, Jamila Hammami\, & Larry Darnell Penn Whitfield. \n$5-10 suggested donation – no one turned away for lack of funds \n  \n \nDrae Campbell is a writer\, actor\, director\, story teller\, dancer\, and nightlife emcee. Besides winning the 2011 Miss LEZ title\, Drae has been featured on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and on stages all over NYC. Drae’s directing work has appeared in Iceland\, NYC\, Budapest and in the San Francisco Fringe Festival. The short film Drae wrote and starred in\, YOU MOVE ME won the Audience Award for Outstanding Narrative Short at OUTFEST 2010 and has been shown in fesivals globally. She just won the grand prize at the first annual San Miguel De Allende Storytelling Festival in Mexico. Drae was dubbed “the next lezzie comedian on the block” by AfterEllen.com for her comedic stylings on the interwebs. Campbell throws a monthly party in Brooklyn called PRIME. Check her out online (her reel and her website www.draecampbell.com) and around town. \n  \n \nJamila Hammami is a queer first­ generation Tunisian­ Arab American woman of color community organizer & social worker from the south\, now based in NYC. She is a hard high femme homo and a founder and Executive Director of the Queer Detainee Empowerment Project and on the advisory board of the Queer Undocumented Immigrant Project (QUIP)\, a project of United We Dream (UWD). She comes to this work with a background in reproductive justice\, working to center woman\, specifically trans and queer\, of color’s voices in movements\, and witnessing the impacts of migration and racism in her formative years in Texas. \n  \nPhotograph by Kelsey Dickey (2015)\nFrom the planet of the Lower East Side….Mizz June got her start in activism and musical theater. She was the first out black transwoman to be a guest cast member on a daytime soap opera (“All My Children”). She has appeared in two music videos (Tamar-Kali’s “Pearl” (Album Version) and Justin Vivian Bond’s “Golden Age of Hustlers”). She has performed at multiple venues and she is about to be featured in a soon to be released independent musical titled “Wild Ponies”. She just released a demo version of her debut single\, “Get Lifted”(https://www.reverbnation.com/mizzjune/song/22152061-get-lifted) and she will be releasing her debut EP “Who Is Mizz June” soon (Release date TBA).\nwww.facebook.com/the1theonlymizzjune\nhttps://twitter.com/mizzjunemusic\nyoutube.com/mizzjunemusic \n  \n \nWhile somewhat of a shy performer and storyteller\, Mariel Reyes has written & produced works for some of your favorite experimental theater spaces in NYC (Dixon Place\, Brooklyn Arts Exchange) and has also appeared on screen in the film “Appropriate Behaviour” which premiered at Sundance in 2014. \n  \n  \n \nLarry Darnell Penn Whitfield is a NYC based actor\, writer\, singer and aggressive mover. He is creator of Confessions of a Plussizetwink a one man cabaret series. Southern and sassy roots govern his everyday creativity. Live. Love. Create. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/tell-14-vacations/
LOCATION:Online event\, New York\, NY\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bi Book Club: The Summer of Sex
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Bi Book Club meets once a month to discuss bi-themed books and the issues they raise. People of all orientations and genders welcome! Dinner after nearby. \nThe Bi Book Club theme for July & August is “The Summer of Sex.” Our book for July is The Prince of Punk Rock by Jenna Galicki (on sale now at the Bureau). This is a very sexy\, very bisexual erotic romance. \nI love her\, but I also love him.\nShe’s everything to me.\nHe sets my world on fire.\nIt’s our dirty little secret\, and it’s about to blow our record deal sky high.\nI’m Tommy Blade\, the Prince of Punk Rock\, and this is our story. \nWhat are your favorite sex scenes? Favorite dramatic scenes? Pick out some phrases or paragraphs that you’d like to discuss\, that inspired you\, or that struck you because of their elegant turn of phrase or the meaning behind it. Give us your critique of the book. What worked\, what didnt\, how was bisexuality represented? If you havent had time to finish the readings\, come anyway because we read passages from the book aloud for discussion. As usual\, we’ll also be using the text as a jumping off point to further discussion of bisexual issues and personal experiences. \nOur next book: Memoirs of a Gigolo\, by Livia Ellis\, Omnibus Vol. 1-4 available at the Bureau. \nWe will be voting on what book we want to read after that\, so check the list of Bisexual Book Award finalists for this year and last year for some ideas. \nGetting Books: We urge you to purchase your print copy at the Bureau and support the only LGBT bookstore in New York City. Especially since they are hosting us in their space! If you prefer e-books\, just get them your usual way. \n  \nRSVP on Bi Meetup \n  \nThe Bi Book Club meets at the Bureau of General Services-Queer Division on the last Thursday of each month.  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/bi-book-club-summer-of-sex/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch and Reading of Try Me by Niel Rosenthalis (Deadly Chaps Press)
DESCRIPTION:This is the launch party and reading for Try Me (Deadly Chaps Press)\, a chapbook of poems by Niel Rosenthalis. Friends of the poet will read as well\, including Rickey Laurentiis\, Joanna C. Valente\, Robert Whitehead\, and Marni Ludwig. \nNot just insight\, but the strange detours consciousness must take to know itself–“I’m interested in the edge/I strive toward;” not just desire\, but the strange ways it flashes in and out of time; there’s no one writing quite like Rosenthalis. “Buscando ser más\,” said Paulo Freire\, and this is poetry that demands more\, from experience\, the self\, the poem itself. Then there’s the rueful elegance: “the decade was lit from behind”; “let me capitulate\, O eyeless flies…” A deep sense of responsibility to the art shines through experiment and erasure. Try Me is an extraordinary debut. \n— D. Nurkse \nRosenthalis’s Try Me is both a dare and a plea\, as well as a meditation on time as it relates to questions of the body\, sex\, desire\, and love\, not as hierarchy\, but in every thrilling combination and order. Rosenthalis blends the lyric with the conceptual both to get at “the specific\, not the small\,”  and as a kind of balm or “heal-over of cruelty.” “I am a genius\,” he writes\, “I want to show the world true feeling\,” and he does. Rosenthalis’s love poems wear philosophical masks\, while his logic and its aesthetics fulfill the imperative of the title to “turn tomorrow on.” \n— Marni Ludwig \n  \nNathaniel Rosenthalis earned his B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and is currently a candidate in the M.F.A. poetry program at Washington University in St. Louis. His poems have appeared in Yes\, Poetry and Tinge. Essays appear or are forthcoming from the Los Angeles Review of Books\, Essay Daily\, and Jam Tarts Magazine. \nRickey Laurentiis was born in New Orleans\, Louisiana. He is the author of Boy with Thorn\, selected by Terrance Hayes for the 2014 Cave Canem Poetry Prize (University of Pittsburgh Press\, September 2015). His poems appear in Poetry\, The New Republic\, Fence\, Boston Review\, among other journals. He currently resides in Brooklyn\, New York. \nJoanna C. Valente is sometimes a mermaid and sometimes a human. She is the author of Sirs & Madams (Aldrich Press\, 2014) and received her MFA at Sarah Lawrence College. Her second collection Marys of the Sea is forthcoming from ELJ Publications in 2016. Some of her work appears or is forthcoming in The Huffington Post\, Columbia Journal\, Similar Peaks\, The Paris-American\, The Atlas Review\, BORT  Quarterly\, among others. In 2011\, she received the American Society of Poet’s Prize. She founded Yes\, Poetry in 2010\,and is the Managing Editor for Luna Luna Magazine. More can be found at joannavalente.com. \nRobert Whitehead is a poet. He received his MFA in Writing from Washington University in St. Louis in 2013\, and has been a fellow at the Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets\, Ashbery Home School\, and The Rensing Center. His work has appeared or is forthcoming from Assaracus\, Gulf Coast\, Vinyl\, LIES/ISLES\, Verse Daily\, Upstart and elsewhere. He is currently the Grant Writing Associate at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Assistant Editor for Vinyl Poetry. He lives in Brooklyn\, where he co-curates Shirley\, a monthly reading series. \nMarni Ludwig is the author of Pinwheel\, selected by Jean Valentine for the 2012 New Issues Poetry Prize and Little Box of Cotton and Lightning\, chosen by Susan Howe for a 2011 Poetry Society of America Chapbook fellowship.  She holds degrees from Sarah Lawrence College\, Columbia University\, and Washington University in St. Louis. She’s from Brooklyn\, NY. \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:What Makes a Queer Relationship Queer? The Queer Relationships Project Presentation and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:What makes a Queer Relationship Queer? What makes it successful? Our relationships challenge the heteronormative model\, yet we don’t have common and visible alternatives. \nThe Queer Relationships Project is a new online resources archive and oral history project\, aimed at making models\, theories and practices easily accessible and visible. In this presentations\, we would like to to share some things we learned so far\, and to hear about your experiences\, challenges\, inspiration and dreams. In a culture where the dominant heteronormative model still reigns supreme in mainstream politics\, and even gains more hold in the LGBT community (ie\, the same-sex marriage agenda)\, this project has a strong political goal: we want this project to serve as a tool for our under-represented community\, to keep these alternative and radical relationships and their structures visible\, known and accessible\, and to present them as viable and relevant. \nDisco is a local activist and community organizer in the queer and Radical Faeries communities in New York City.  Their personal journey of exploring different relationships has been an exciting part of living in a queer community. These experiences\, together with multiple discussions with friends\, lovers and family inspired them to create The Queer Relationships Project (https://www.queerrelationships.org)\, in hope to become better partners\, lovers and friends\, and to engage in a discussion on a topic that has great influence on our everyday lives as queers.
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SUMMARY:(DLOnLocation2015) Your Words Give Me a Headache
DESCRIPTION:Kajsa Dahlberg\, Female Fist\, 20 min\, HD video\, 2006\nDylan Mira\, Untitled (Agua Viva)\, 13 min\, HD video\, 2013\nMariah Garnett\, Picaresques\, 20 min\, 16mm transferred to HD video\, 2011\n \nYour Words Give Me A Headache is a group program that brings together the work of contemporary feminist filmmakers thinking about language\, the fluxes between literature and moving image\, matters of expression\, experience\, representation and communication’s failure. The films tackle social relationships and unconventional story-telling\, ranging from the unlike relationship between a grown up filmmaker and the infant she’s trying to work with in her movie (Garnett)\, to family’s lack of communication mediated by Clarice Lispector’s master piece Agua Viva (Mira) and the unfulfilled promise of a feminist\, anarchist\, queer porn project that can’t even be represented on camera by a spokesperson (Dahlberg). \n  \nCurator: Clara López Ménendez \n  \n \nDirty Looks: On Location is a series of queer intervention in New York City spaces. Over the course of July\, artist film and video will appear in these queer social spaces and former sites of queer sociality (like shuttered bars\, bathhouses\, and former meeting zones). A new piece\, a different setting on each night of July. The summer in New York is hot\, sticky and social. Installing moving image works around the city in bars\, centers and “haunted” venues allows for the free flow of viewers to engage and celebrate with work\, in evening events that commemorate contemporary moving-image production and its precedents in queer culture. \nClick here for a complete listing of Dirty Looks: On Location\, July 1-31\, 2015 \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Hand Crafted Art Fair @ BGSQD
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nArt and crafts for sale by a diverse selection of local queer artisans. Please stop in to support the arts\, meet the artists and hang at the bureau!\n \n \nSam Branman:  Ten Yards Clothing is a queer sportswear label making bright\, colorful sportswear. From custom leggings\, singlets\, wedding outfits\, and drag\, to harnesses\, scarves\, hats\, cute crop tops\, tees\, tanks\, and skirts\, we got it all! Ten Yards Clothing also sells vintage 80’s jewelry for those who really want a conversation starter.\n \n\n \n\n \n \nJames McNally is a working artist living in the Brooklyn area . for most of his life.He has showed his work at coffee shops and east village bars and Clubs.he works usually mixed media on anything suitable he can find.Clothing .found objects smashed guitars or jusr oil on canvas.\n \n\n \n\n \n \nJerek Carper: Established in Chicago\, based in Brooklyn. O’boros soaps are the products of adventurous fragrance blends and traditional home made hot process soap.\n \n\n \n\n \n \nDaniel Casanova: All these earrings have been made using Japanese seed beads and Swarovski crystals and pearls. My partner and I have just started making these recently but we have had very good feedback.\n \n\n \n\n  \n \nRobin Crutchfield: As a performance artist/writer/musician in the 1970s\, Robin found critical acclaim as part of the No Wave movement with bands DNA and Dark Day transitioning into solo work with trancelike harp and drone. He continued his creative pursuits in various arenas\, including recent endeavors exploring the use of cotton crochet slipstitch methods. His whimsy includes pointy hats\, dolls\, and colorful catch-call bags. Also\, some of his music CDS and books-“Eleven Faerie Tales” and “A\,B\,C\, Desire” an erotic alphabet\, will be available. Perhaps even some handwhittled wands.\n \n\n \n\n \nCaleb Kruzel: Goon Soul specializes in leather accessories and altered clothing. At his table you will find harnesses\, rings\, customized digs\, screen prints\, and other handmade oddities.\n \n\n \n\n \n \nChioma  Okotieuro: I have been making jewelry of one sort or another for the last 17 years.  I started a non profit called Good Works and began to make bracelets to fund my endeavors to do “give” to people in need ‘just because’ and Chi Intentioned was born.  I make earrings\, bracelets\, pendants\, necklaces\, rings\, waistbeads and headpieces using crystals\, stones\, shells and good intentions.\n \n\n \n\n \n \nGemini: Bearly knits handmade scarves\, cowls\, and shawls are made by musician and former model\, “Gemini.” Bearly knits crochet and knitwear utilizes only the best materials for its pieces and each design is completely one of a kind. Custom yarn options are also available upon request.​​ \nDon’t just standout…be unforgettable with Bearly Knits.\n \n\n \n\n \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/hand-crafted-art-fair/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150710T190000
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SUMMARY:For Sizakele Book Release: 14 Years In The Making
DESCRIPTION:Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene will read from her brand new book\, For Sizakele. She will also perform electric\, sugarcane-flavored poetry. Her performance will be followed by a question and answer session and book signing. This performance is a celebration of the over 14 years of love\, work\, sweat\, passion and magic it has taken to bring forth this very necessary book. This event is part of the For Sizakele World Tour. \nSuggested donation: $5 \n\nPlease Note: To reserve your copy of For Sizakele in advance\, please purchase your copy here: https://myloveisaverb.ticketleap.com/for-sizakele-bureau-nyc/ (Purchasing For Sizakele now reserves a copy for you. Your copy of the book will be available when you arrive at the event. This is the only way to ensure that you will have a copy before they sell out.)  \n  \n\nAbout the book: For Sizakele by Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene\nTaylor\, a queer Nigerian college student\, is in a passionate relationship with Lee\, a Black American basketball-playing pianist. When Taylor develops romantic feelings for Sy\, a Cameroonian photographer whose similarities make them instant family\, Taylor battles Lee’s jealousy. As Taylor encounters challenges to her femme and African identities\, she finds ways\, through the kinship of her friends\, to define herself on her own terms. For Sizakele addresses transcontinental identity\, intimate partner violence\, queer gender and how we love as illuminators of who we are.  \n  \nPhotograph By An Xiao\nYvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene is an Ijaw and Urhobo Nigerian dyke performance activist\, poet\, dancer\, educator\, actress and visual artist. She engages a radical vulnerability and candor in her artwork and uses storytelling to build an authentic human connection through passionate artistic expression. Etaghene is a mixed-media visual artist who has produced 4 solo art exhibitions and performed internationally. She is the founder of Sugarcane\, an LGBTQ Of Color writing workshop based in the principles of June Jordan’s Poetry for the People. She wrote and performed in two multi-media one-woman shows\, Volcano’s Birthright{s} and GUAVA. Etaghene has published 4 chapbooks of poetry: afrocrown: fierce poetry (2000)\, write or die (2004)\, tongue twisted transcontinental sista (2006) and skin into verse (2014.) She released an album of poetry and music entitled liberty avenue\, nigeria\, usa (2004.) Etaghene is the author of For Sizakele\, a novel that addresses transcontinental identity\, intimate partner violence and how we love as illuminators of who we are. www.myloveisaverb.com\, twitter: @myloveisaverb \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/for-sizakele/
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