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SUMMARY:The Mancaster Talks with the Organizers of 20SOMETHING
DESCRIPTION:The Mancaster will be talking with the organizers of the Meetup group Gay 20Somethings of NYC. Listen to their chat about the group’s history and what their plan is for the future! \n20SOMETHING is a social events organization for young lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, queer\, and transgender people in New York City\, aged 18 to 33. We are focused on providing a safe space at the LGBT Center for the discussion of topics relevant to people in and around their 20s. Topics vary widely\, but the discussion is always lively. While we are based at the LGBT Center\, we also host a plethora of other social activities such as movie outings\, dinners\, coffee\, and bar nights. \nThe Mancaster is a series of podcast interviews with the “mom & pop” business owners\, the behind-the-scenes workers\, the musicians\, the artists\, the drag queens\, the go-go boys\, those who make entertainment possible; hear their voices and listen to their journeys. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/the-mancaster-talks-with-the-organizers-of-20something/
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SUMMARY:Stories & Queer with Steven Cordova\, Shelley Ettinger\, Christopher Soto\, and Rosebud Ben-Oni
DESCRIPTION:Stories & Queer will hold its first event in NYC at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division on Monday\, January 6\, 2014 at 7:00pm (EST).  The event will feature Steven Cordova\, Shelley Ettinger\, Christopher Soto\, and Rosebud Ben-Oni. \nThe live event will be streamed and archived to our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR-34__YD3WJ9FTGh_E1pwg?feature= \nThe virtual components of this series are unique and allow us to reach beyond the local borders of the event. \nS&Q is a traveling reading series that aims to provide a space for local & national readers/listeners to connect with queer & queer-friendly writers. Our mission is to provide a space for underrepresented voices to be heard and to connect writers and audiences no matter where they are. This series makes a positive contribution to the literary and LGBTQ community by encouraging all people to tell their stories without shame or fear. \nS&Q is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas\, a non-profit arts service organization. \nPlease note: the Bureau is closed on Mondays\, but we will open at 6 pm for this event.  \n \nSteven Cordova is the 2012 first-place winner of the International Reginald Shepherd Memorial Poetry Prize. His first full-length poetry collection\, Long Distance\, was published by Bilingual Review Press in 2010\, and his poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies. A selection from Long Distance was recently set to music for the AIDS Quilt Songbook. Steven lives in Brooklyn\, New York. \n  \n \nShelley Ettinger‘s work has been published in Nimrod\, Cream City Review\, Liberation Lit\, Blithe House Quarterly\, Lodestar Quarterly and other journals. She has been awarded residencies at the Saltonstall Foundation Arts Colony\, Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and Norcroft Writing Retreat for Women\, and\, in 2007\, a full scholarship to the first Lambda Literary Foundation Writers’ Retreat. An activist all her adult life\, Shelley is a partisan of political poetry and fiction. She’s currently working on a novel suggested by the famous death and secret lesbian life of Kitty Genovese. \n  \n\nChristopher Soto (aka Loma) is a queer latin@ punk poet who is concerned with dismantling patriarchy and white supremacy.  They are currently curating Nepantla\, an e-journal dedicated to queer poets of color\, in collaboration with The Lambda Literary Foundation. They have work forthcoming from Columbia: A Journal\, Acentos Review\,  Anti-\, Wilde Magazine and more. They are an MFA candidate in Poetry at NYU. \n  \n \nBorn to a Mexican mother and Jewish father\, Rosebud Ben-Oni is a 2013 CantoMundo Fellow. A graduate of the 2010 Women’s Work Lab at New Perspectives Theater\, her plays have been produced in New York City\, Washington DC and Toronto. Her work is forthcoming or appears in American Poetry Review\, Arts & Letters\, Bayou\, Puerto del Sol\, among others. Her debut book of poems SOLECISM was published by Virtual Artists Collective in March 2013. Rosebud is a co-editor for HER KIND (herkind.org) at VIDA: Women in Literary Arts (vidaweb.org). Find out more about her at 7TrainLove.org \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/stories-queer-with-steven-cordova-shelley-ettinger-christopher-soto-and-rosebud-ben-oni/
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SUMMARY:Lonely Christopher's DEATH & DISASTER SERIES Launch with Uche Nduka and Ariana Reines
DESCRIPTION:Monk Books is proud to present the launch event for Lonely Christopher’s debut poetry collection\, Death & Disaster Series. Join Lonely Christopher\, Uche Nduka\, and Ariana Reines for a poetry reading at the Bureau of General Services-Queer Division\, with revelrous partying to follow! \n  \nYOUR READERS: \nUche Nduka was born in Umuahia\, Nigeria. He earned a B.A. in English from the University of Nigeria. His volumes of poetry include Flower Child (1988)\, Second Act (1994)\, The Bremen Poems (1995)\, Chiaroscuro(1007)\, for which he was awarded the Association of Nigerian Authors Poetry Prize\, If Only the Night (2002)\,Heart’s Field (2005)\, Eel on Reef (2007)\, Tracer (2010)\, Ijele (2012)\, and Nine East (2013). His work has been translated into German\, Serbo Croatian\, Romanian\, Spanish\, and Dutch. He is a member of the Association of Nigerian Authors and American PEN. He lived in Germany and Holland for over a decade and was the recipient of a Goethe Institut Fellowship and Heinrich Böll Haus Guest Author Fellowship. He currently lives in Brooklyn. \nAriana Reines is author of The Cow (2006)\, winner of the Alberta Prize from Fence Books\, Coeur de Lion(2007)\, and Mercury (2011). Her play Telephone was produced at the Cherry Lane Theater and won several Obie awards. Her translations include a version of Baudelaire’s My Heart Laid Bare (2009); Jean-Luc Hennig’s The Little Black Book of Grisélidis Réal: Days and Nights of an Anarchist Whore (2009); and Tiqqun’s Preliminary Materials Toward a Theory of the Young-Girl (2012). Reines was 2009 Roberta C. Holloway Lecturer in Poetry at the University of California Berkeley; she has taught master classes at Pomona College\, the University of California Davis\, and the University of Pittsburgh. \nLonely Christopher is a poet and filmmaker. He is the author of the poetry collection Death & Disaster Series(Monk Books\, 2014) and the short story collection The Mechanics of Homosexual Intercourse\, which was a 2011 selection of Dennis Cooper’s Little House on the Bowery imprint of Akashic Books. His plays have been produced in New York City and China. He wrote and directed the feature film MOM (Cavazos Films\, 2013) and his stories have been adapted for the screen in Canada and France. He lives in Brooklyn. \n  \nTHE BOOK: \nLonely Christopher’s debut poetry collection is a sprawling and melancholic confrontation of death in the context of late capitalism. The poet writes through the premature end of his mother’s life and the aftermath\, investigating and raging against tragedy and loss. Infused with grief\, sorrow\, and anger\, the series is a raw and deeply personal reckoning with the romantic and profoundly dark themes that crawl under the surface of quotidian awareness\, waiting to bleed forth in the wake of death and disaster. Arch and penetrating\, these poems collapse attraction and repulsion\, joy and misery\, origination and destruction—ultimately portraying some of the most underlit elements of our human experience with imaginative clarity. \n  \n“Aesthetically and polemically these poems heft joy and grief and fury. Politics\, romance\, wonder suffuse them. Lonely Christopher is a fearless poet par excellence. ‘I am the star of my own truncated privacy’ says the poet. What choice do we have but to heed his appeal: ‘Do not face eternity with your brain.'” – Uche Nduka (author ofIjele and Nine East) \n  \n“OH GOD\, I’ve started this blurb so many times! HOW TO SAY HOW essential this writer Lonely Christopher is for our lives!? It’s all between the words\, this pressure he builds behind the eyes. Stand anywhere you want with this book inside our headache age of information fatigue\, ‘anything in the orange light / of my word for you / anything / to excuse / all the pain.’ DON’T BE STUPID you know as well as I do these poems boil to the top of the gravy!!” – CAConrad (author of The Book of Frank and A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon) \n  \n“‘I/ don’t belong in America I belong/ in love\,’ says this provocative poet\, but it’s not true: at the same time minimal and raw\, smart-set knowing and uninhibited weird\, Lonely Christopher belongs anywhere that his poetry can be read. He knows too much and wants to reveal it all (fans of Ariana Reines\, or of Eileen Myles\, take note). The lines get rough and bloody\, rehearsing and repurposing queer revolutions. This book lays bare secrets of our time\, halfway between the compression of (say) Robert Creeley and the unmade bed at 3am\, from which he looks out the window at (variously) the blank walls that model his free verse\, the window of the day before\, and the fire across the ledge\, the one he almost ‘started/ as a conduit for my love/ and rage.'” – Stephen Burt (author of Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry)  \n \n \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/lonely-christophers-death-disaster-series-launch-with-uche-nduka-and-ariana-reines/
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SUMMARY:Barry Stewart Levy reads from his book European Son: a novella
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading with Barry Stewart Levy from his book European Son: A Novella.                                     \nBarry Stewart Levy is a former English teacher who also worked as a Literary Artist for the Cultural Council Foundation/CETA Artists Project\, co-authoring the topical revue “New Living Newspaper\, Vol. 1\, No. 2” (Playwrights Horizons)\, writing poetry for the anthology “Words to Go” and conducting interviews for the publication Art Workers News. He was a reporter for Gotham Newsmagazine and a freelance game show writer for NBC’s “Shoot for the Stars.” He is the recipient of the Clarence Kline Essay Prize and was a semi-finalist in the Writers Guild of America\, East\, Fellowship Competition. “European Son: a novella” is his first work of fiction.  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/barry-stewart-levy-reads-from-his-book-european-son-a-novella/
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SUMMARY:Dictionary--Stephen Boyer presents ben rosenberg\, Clara Lipfert\, Chelsea Tadeyeske\, David J. White\, edwin r. perry\, Kayla Morse\, Lara Weibgen\, and Tommy "Teebs" Pico
DESCRIPTION:Dictionary is a reading/performance/film/whatever-yr-medium showcase curated by Stephen Boyer\, hosted by the Bureau of General Services–Queer Division. This month ben rosenberg\, Clara Lipfert\, Chelsea Tadeyeske\, David J. White\, edwin r. perry\, Kayla Morse\, Lara Weibgen\, and Tommy “Teebs” Pico will be sharing their work. \n  \nPlease note: The Bureau will be closed on Tuesday\, January 14th\, but we will open at 8 pm for this event.  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/dictionary-stephen-boyer-presents-ben-rosenberg-clara-lipfert-chelsea-tadeyeske-david-j-white-edwin-r-perry-kayla-morse-lara-weibgen-and-tommy-teebs-pico/
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SUMMARY:Reading by Elliot DeLine and Musical Performance by Audrey Zee Whitesides
DESCRIPTION:Join Elliot DeLine and Audrey Zee Whitesides for an evening of stories and songs at the Bureau! \n \nElliott DeLine (born 1988) is an independent writer from Syracuse\, NY. He is the author of the novel Refuse and the novella I Know Very Well How I Got My Name. His work has been featured in several publications\, including the Modern Love essay series of The New York Times (2011)\,The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard\, and a blog for the magazine Original Plumbing (2012-present). Elliott attended Purchase College and graduated from Syracuse University in 2012 with a BA in English. Elliott currently lives in Syracuse\, where he is involved with several local advocacy groups\, volunteers at a queer youth center\, and is hoping to open a used bookstore/cat cafe. He is the co-founder\, promoter\, and general coordinator of Queer Mart\, an LGBTQ arts and crafts fair. \n  \n \nAUDREY ZEE WHITESIDES is a poet and musician born in Elizabethtown\, Kentucky. Her poetry and cultural writing has appeared in/on Autostraddle\, WONDER\, and Bone Bouquet among others\, and she’s the author of several DIY chapbooks\, most recently i’m the POTE. She also leads Brooklyn trans punk band Little Waist. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/reading-by-elliot-deline-and-musical-performance-by-audrey-zee-whitesides/
LOCATION:NY
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SUMMARY:The Mancaster interviews Bill Thomas\, founder of New York City Gay Craft Beer Lovers
DESCRIPTION:The Mancaster interviews Bill Thomas\, founder of New York City Gay Craft Beer Lovers \n \nBill Thomas is the founder of the New York City Gay Craft Beer Lovers group.  A beer enthusiast who enjoys seeking out local beers where he goes\, he lamented the dearth of quality beers at bars and restaurants catering to LGBT clientele\, so in response he started the group to share his love of beer and create a comfortable\, open and welcoming environment  for beer education and fellowship. \n  \nThe Mancaster is a series of podcast interviews with the “mom & pop” business owners\, the behind-the-scenes workers\, the musicians\, the artists\, the drag queens\, the go-go boys\, those who make entertainment possible; hear their voices and listen to their journeys. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/the-mancaster-interviews-bill-thomas-founder-of-new-york-city-gay-craft-beer-lovers/
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SUMMARY:Sean Strub Presents His New Book Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics\, Sex\, AIDS and Survival
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau is proud to host Sean Strub for a reading from his new book Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics\, Sex\, AIDS and Survival (Scribner\, January 14\, 2014). Following the reading\, Strub will engage in a discussion with the audience. \nBODY COUNTS is a powerful report from the front lines\, a deeply personal testament from a veteran AIDS activist. Not merely a nostalgic look backwards\, Strub’s book assesses today’s AIDS epidemic and offers powerful strategies for curbing new transmissions\, while also demanding an end to AIDS criminalization. \nAs personally powerful as Paul Monette’s Borrowed Time and as historically important as Randy Shilts’s And The Band Played On\, Body Counts provides invaluable insight into where we are today in the AIDS epidemic\, how we got there and what must be done next. Body Counts has already drawn plaudits from prominent LGBT community historians Martin Duberman\, John D’Emilio\, and Jonathan Ned Katz\, as well as Gloria Steinem\, Mary Frances Berry\, John Berendt\, Lily Tomlin\, Judith Light\, Bill T. Jones and Rory Kennedy\, among others. \nIn 1976 at the age of 17\, Sean Strub left his native Iowa and arrived in Washington\, D.C.\, to take a patronage job running a “Senators’ Only” elevator in the U.S. Capitol building. He was charming and precociously ambitious. As he explored the corridors of power in D.C.\, he also was drawn to another\, hidden DC: the super-closeted world of powerful gay men in the nation’s capital. The subterfuge was ultimately untenable for an idealist who yearned to live his life openly\, so Strub moved to New York City in 1979. \nAs a Manhattanite\, Strub immersed himself in metropolitan life — from partying at Studio 54 to the liberating demimonde of gay bathhouses. He discusses his swift rise in business circles as a visionary direct-mail marketer and award-winning theatre producer. In BODY COUNTS\, the author fondly recalls the friends and lovers who enriched his days and nights as a New Yorker. Significantly\, Strub recounts the life-changing experience of being one of the first on the scene when John Lennon was murdered at the Dakota in 1980. \nNot long after the first reports of a “gay cancer” surfaced\, Strub launched into action. Strub became a pivotal force in AIDS activism through volunteering and fundraising for organizations. These included GMHC\, the PWA Coalition and ACT UP (The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power). For the street activist group\, Strub raised crucial funding and took part in their most notorious demonstrations. Strub was involved in putting a giant condom on then-U.S. Senator Jesse Helms’ house (an event funded by David Geffen) and took part in the infamous 1989 protest inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral. He would become\, in 1990\, the first openly HIV- positive person to run for the U.S. Congress\, and later become founder\, publisher\, and executive editor of the groundbreaking POZ magazine. BODY COUNTS documents the author’s own near-death struggle with AIDS and his Lazarus-like recovery in the mid-1990s after the discovery of protease inhibitor therapy. \nWe watch Strub build a life and legacy that sees him crossing paths with a veritable who’s who of prominent gay men\, including Tennessee Williams\, Gore Vidal\, Andy Warhol\, Keith Haring\, Vito Russo and Larry Kramer. \nThe author’s tale names names\, identifying the villains and hypocrites who thrived during this era\, and acknowledges the heroes who battled ignorance and apathy to bring the AIDS epidemic to the forefront. The author spares nobody in his assessment\, offering a candid critique of where America fell short in its vision for ending the epidemic\, including the government\, the gay community and the so-called AIDS\, Inc. \nBODY COUNTS is a portrait of one man driven by passion and principle to make a difference in the world during a tumultuous era of great change and tragedy. \n \nSean Strub is an activist\, writer\, and executive director of the Sero Project\, which combats the criminalization of people with HIV. He founded POZ magazine\, the leading publication providing information about HIV\, and is a frequent speaker about HIV/AIDS\, selfempowerment\, and the intersections of sex\, public health\, and the law. A native of Iowa City\, Strub attended Georgetown and Columbia universities. He and his partner\, Xavier Morales\, live in New York and Milford\, Pennsylvania\, where he co-owns the historic Hotel Fauchère and is active in historic preservation. \n  \nPraise for Body Counts \n“Strub paints a striking picture … A valuable document that gives an insider’s view into AIDS activism.” —Kirkus Reviews \n“Sean Strub has written more than just a memoir. Body Counts pulls back the curtain on a hidden half-century of American history…. The tale of a life lived in high-resolution\, high-intensity\, saturated Technicolor.” —Ari Shapiro\, NPR White House Correspondent \n“Radicalized by the AIDS crisis and plunged into political activism for the LGBT community\, Iowa-born Catholic-raised Strub chronicles the crucial years of AIDS awareness since the early 1980s\, which parallels his own coming-of- age….Strub frankly and openly speaks about these painful and inspiring early years of the gay and lesbian movement\, how the AIDS epidemic devastated the newly emergent community and ushered in a terrible backlash against gays.” —Publishers Weekly \n“Read Body Counts by Sean Strub and share one American’s story of growing up with an instinct for justice\, then finding oneself in an epidemic whose tragedy is multiplied by bias. As a man who survived sexual abuse\, rape and an HIV diagnosis\, Strub embodies the shared interest of women and men who fight for human rights\, and against any government or person intruding on our bodies. By taking us with him on his journey from a conservative family in Iowa to the heart of a global movement for human rights\, Sean Strub gives us ideas\, strength and heart in our own journey.” —Gloria Steinem \n“An absorbing read. It not only vividly recounts the personal odyssey of one man’s struggle with AIDS\, but places it—with remarkable objectivity—within the larger story of those years. Strub is a dispassionate\, reliable guide whose directness and honesty create considerable impact. Anyone would profit from reading this book.” —Martin Duberman\, author of Stonewall  \n“This is the most personally powerful and authentic portrayal of our collective history that I have read since Paul Monette’s On Borrowed Time.” —Judith Light \n“Body Counts is a powerful account of the epidemic’s early years and the subsequent three decades…a page-turner with moving insight and fresh analysis told in a compelling and highly personal style.” —Lily Tomlin \n“Sean Strub’s Body Counts is an important document…fresh and compelling.” —Bill T. Jones \n“This is the compelling life and near-death story of Sean Strub\, of thousands lost to HIV-AIDS\, and thousands more living with it whom his activism helped save. Wow.” —Andrew Tobias\, author of The Best Little Boy in the World \n“This take-no-prisoners memoir has the quality of a suspenseful page-turner\, and will keep you reading until the final sentence.” —John D’Emilio\, author of Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America \n“From early struggles against AIDS to later collective acting up\, Sean Strub’s lively\, gossipy memoir is also deeply moving history.” —Jonathan Ned Katz\, author Gay American History  \n“Strub’s memoir\, like Strub himself\, is an inspiration.” —Richard McCann\, author of Mother of Sorrows  \n“The education and evolution of Sean Strub is a riveting and moving tale that needed to be told\, and has life-lessons for us all. Body Counts is an important document in the history of our era that challenges conventional wisdoms and speaks truth to power.” —Doug Ireland\, veteran political journalist \n“A gripping story of a movement that changed the soul of our world.” —Kathy Boudin\, Columbia University School of Social Work \n“A compelling page-turner… To understand today’s HIV epidemic\, read Body Counts. Sean is a born activist\, widely revered by people with HIV and I’m glad he’s finally told his story.” —Rory Kennedy \n“Elegantly written\, moving and powerful\, this book from one of the most important advocates for people with HIV/AIDS is eye-opening.” —Mary Frances Berry\, Geraldine Segal professor of American Social Thought\, University of Pennsylvania; past Chair U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. \n“This is obviously Sean Strub’s story and a very particular and personal history\, but it’s also our story and our history. He is a wonderful storyteller … I very much admire his writing—how clean and powerful it is.” —Will Schwalbe\, author of The End Of Your Life Book Club \n  \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:The Mancaster Interviews Eli Lewis
DESCRIPTION:ELI LEWIS is a New York City-based ballet and contemporary dancer\, porn performer\, blogger\, Rentboy\, and pocket Gaysian. He is originally from the great country of Texas – specifically Austin – and has since toured and collaborated with renowned dance companies and choreographers\, worked in a variety of events from New York Fashion Week to kink and adult performances at Folsom Street Fair and HustlaBall\, go-go danced at some of the hottest bars and clubs around the States\, and writes about how his adventures and sexcapades have shaped him into the man he is today. Whoever said you couldn’t have your cake and eat it too clearly hasn’t met this boy on fire! \n\nThe Mancaster is a series of podcast interviews with the “mom & pop” business owners\, the behind-the-scenes workers\, the musicians\, the artists\, the drag queens\, the go-go boys\, those who make entertainment possible; hear their voices and listen to their journeys. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/the-mancaster-interviews-eli-lewis/
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SUMMARY:The Mancaster Interviews Destiny Devine
DESCRIPTION:Destiny Devine began her career in 2009 when she landed a starring role in a show called “ICONS” in which she impersonated BEYONCE KNOWLES\, JANET JACKSON\,TINA TUNER\, WHITNEY HOUSTON\, RUPAUL\, and NICKI MANAJ. \nThe Show ran in Provincetown Massachusetts for the summer of 2009 and 2010. The show quickly became a huge success\, garnering awards including “Best new show of the summer” and Destiny was re-booked for the 2010 Season of ICONS\, in the fall of 2010 Icons then hit the off-Broadway stage at the SNAPPLE CENTER in New York City. \nDestiny Devine is constantly working on new and fresh projects. \nThe Mancaster is a series of podcast interviews with the “mom & pop” business owners\, the behind-the-scenes workers\, the musicians\, the artists\, the drag queens\, the go-go boys\, those who make entertainment possible; hear their voices and listen to their journeys. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/the-mancaster-interviews-destiny-devine/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140130T213000
DTSTAMP:20260615T155243
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SUMMARY:When is White Girl – a Public Reading
DESCRIPTION:Hilton Als’s latest book\, White Girls\, is an essay collection (personal and critical) that takes the idea of “white girl” and twists it through the lens of American culture. \n\nIt is a book that defies an easy read\, or contemplation in solitude. Is it a mess\, a mockery\, and brilliant? Is it confusing\, contradictory\, and liberating? Does it serve identity politics to itself on a platter? Is it post racial? Is it fierce? \nJoin curators and artists Malene Dam\, Bridget de Gersigny\, and Ted Kerr for a public conversation on the book. Participants will be invited to read passages that stuck with them and that they want to discuss\, and as a group we will engage in a conversation about the book\, its impacts and possible meanings. \nWhen is White Girl is part of “NO NARRATIVE PRECEDED US” an ongoing collaboration between Dam\, de Gersigny\, and Kerr started in Oct. 2013 with public conversations and performances in New York and at CCS Bard. Using the format of a reading group the collaboration explores the intersections of identity politics with shared queer and feminist histories across time. \nWhite Girls is available for purchase at the Bureau.  \n  \nBios:\nMalene Dam is a Danish born artist and curator currently a student at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College.  She engages in an array of issues related to contemporary society\, most recently with a strong focus on queer temporality\, histories of feminism\, education\, and conflict. Her research-based practice addresses temporal and spatial notions of cultural collectivizations\, inquiring how discourses situate themselves as knowledge. She holds a BFA from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and a MFA in Photography and Media from CalArts. \n  \nBridget de Gersigny is a South African born\, visual artist living and working in Brooklyn\, New York. Her work draws upon political history and technological communications\, often related to shifting ideologies\, through a post-colonial and queer lens. She is a 2014 Queer/Art/Mentorship Fellow and recently completed her MFA at ICP-Bard. She holds a BA degree from the University of Cape Town\, in Psychology and Literature\, and Art History from University of South Africa. \n  \nCanadian born Ted Kerr is a New York based artist\, writer and organizer whose work focuses on queerness\, HIV/AIDS and community. He was the 2011 Artist in Residence at the Institute for Art\, Religion and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary\, and is currently the programs manager at Visual AIDS. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/when-is-white-girl-a-public-reading/
LOCATION:NY
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140131T210000
DTSTAMP:20260615T155243
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SUMMARY:Ariel "Speedwagon" Federow Presents Mädchen in Uniform
DESCRIPTION:Friend of the Bureau Ariel “Federow” Speedwagon introduces the 1931 lesbian cult film from Germany  Mädchen in Uniform\, directed by Leontine Sagan. Lively discussion will follow the screening. \nIMDB page for Mädchen in Uniform. \nCheck out B. Ruby Rich’s “Maedchen in Uniform: From Repressive Tolerance to Erotic Liberation\,” published in Jump Cut\, no. 24-25\, March 1981\, pp. 44-50 (copyright Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media\, 1981\, 2005). \n  \nAriel “Speedwagon” Federow is a writer/performer\, dancer\, clown\, and the former Miss JewSA. She’s worked with\, among others\, Jenny Romaine\, Susana Cook\, Katy Pyle\, and Coral Short. Notable stages: Dixon Place\, LaMama\, WoW Theater\, the Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics’ Encuentro in Sao Paulo\, HEY QUEEN!. Company member: Butch Burlesque\, Katy Pyle’s Ballez\, Aftselokhis Spectacle Committee. Ariel is one of the Squirts in Dan Fishback’s Squirts: New Voices in Queer Performance at La Mama\, January 3-12. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/ariel-speedwagon-federow-presents-madchen-in-uniform/
LOCATION:NY
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