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SUMMARY:NEWFANGLED
DESCRIPTION:Robert Siek introduces poets Jeffery Berg\, Jerome Murphy\, and Justin Sherwood. \n  \n \nJEFFERY BERG grew up in Six Mile\, South Carolina\, and Lynchburg\, Virginia. He received an MFA from New York University. His poems have appeared in Court Green\,Map Literary\, MiPOesias\, the Gay & Lesbian Review\, and Harpur Palate. He has written reviews for Lambda LiteraryReview and the Poetry Project Newsletter. A Virginia Center of the Creative Arts fellow\, Jeffery lives in New York and blogs at jdbrecords. \n  \n \nJEROME MURPHY received an MFA from New York University\, where he currently acts as Program Administrator at the Creative Writing Program. He assisted Diane Middlebrook in researching Her Husband: Hughes and Plath\, a Marriage. His reviews have appeared in the column Outwords\, which he authored for Next Magazine from 2010 to 2011\, and in The Brooklyn Rail. \n  \n \nJUSTIN SHERWOOD’s poems and essays have appeared in ILK\, H_NGM_N\, The Poetry Project Newsletter\, and New Criticals\, among others. He is a graduate of the New School MFA Creative Writing Program\, where he was selected for the 2012 Paul Violi Prize in Poetry. He lives in Astoria. \n  \n \nROBERT SIEK is a poet who lives in Brooklyn and works as a production editor at a large publishing house in Manhattan. His poems have appeared in journals such as The Columbia Poetry Review\, Court Green\, Mary\, Assaracus\, Chelsea Station\, and The Nervous Breakdown. In 2002\, the New School published his chapbook Clubbed Kid\, and in 2007\, his short story “Sixteen” appeared in the short-fiction anthology Userlands: New Fiction Writers from the Blogging Underground. His first full-length collection of poetry\, Purpose and Devil Piss\, was published by Sibling Rivalry Press in late 2013. \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Frank Spinelli Reads from His Memoir Pee-Shy
DESCRIPTION:Part family memoir\, part love story\, PEE-SHY by Frank Spinelli gives readers an inspiring message of empowerment with the page-turning suspense of true crime. \nIn 1978\, eleven-year-old Frank Spinelli’s parents signed him up for Boy Scouts. Soon after\, he was taken under the wing of Scoutmaster Bill Fox\, a cop who sexually and mentally abused him for two years. When Frank told his family\, they were convinced to do nothing. Frank blamed himself for everything. That year he also became pee-shy. \nThirty years later\, Frank has a thriving medical practice and a comfortable home in Manhattan’s gay community\, but still struggles to overcome the physical reminder of his past trauma. Then he learns his former Scoutmaster and abuser has adopted fifteen boys in the decades since they last crossed paths. One adoption had even earned Bill a national Father of the Year Award and a book deal. \nThis shocking discovery gives Frank the opportunity to overturn thirty years of confusion and self-blame—for himself\, and for other boys like him. During the course of the next three years\, he confronts the man who stole his childhood and brings him to justice. \n  \nAdvance praise for Pee-Shy \n“Spinelli deftly portrays his years as a chubby\, awkward adolescent and the complexity of his reaction to the molestation. Spinelli’s refreshing honesty as a protagonist make this memoir an important testament to a reality that is too often concealed by shame or fear.” – Publishers Weekly  \n“Intensely bracing reading…an engrossing memoir about overcoming childhood sexual trauma.” – Kirkus Reviews  \n“With raw honesty [Dr. Spinelli] makes us understand that monsters do exist and a child’s innocence is precious.” – Whoopi Goldberg  \n“A devastatingly heart-breaking look at life after childhood abuse\, with wit and piercing insight that can only come from a place of brutal honesty.” – Josh Kilmer-Purcell\, author of The Bucolic Plague and star of The Fabulous Beekman Boys  \n“This is a memoir about a grown-up boy’s generous—and healing—heart.” – Kevin Sessums  \n  \nFrank Spinelli -Photo Credit Chad Schroer\nDR. FRANK SPINELLI is a licensed and board certified internist and sits on the board of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis Center\, the oldest HIV organization. His memoir\, PEE-SHY\, recounts his childhood of sexual abuse as a young Staten Island Boy Scout\, his decision 30 years later to pursue his abuser\, and how he ultimately had the Scoutmaster who molested him – and many other boys over the years – put in prison. Spinelli is also the author of Advocate Guide to Gay Men’s Health and Wellness (Alyson Books\, 2008)\, was the host of Ask the Doctor on Advocate.com\, and appeared as the medical expert on Threesome on here TV.  Dr. Spinelli has been featured in two documentaries; Positive Youth and the Emmy nominated 30 Years from Here\, and has appeared on several episodes of Sesame Street. Currently\, Dr. Spinelli appears monthly on Sirius Radio’s Morning Jolt. He has made several appearances on ABC News\, NBC Nightly News\, the Today Show\, MTV and Veria TV. For more information\, please visit: www.FrankSpinelliMD.com \n 
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Manorama - Collages & Drawings by René Smith
DESCRIPTION:Manorama – Collages & Drawings by René Smith \nBureau of General Services—Queer Division \n83A Hester St.\, between Orchard and Allen Sts. \nNY\, NY 10002 \nFriday\, February 7th\, through Sunday\, March 30th Thursday\, April 10th \nJoin us for a discussion with René Smith about her work on Sunday\, March 30th\, at 4 PM \n \n“This body of work is a sincere ode to longing and the beauty of men’s bodies\, but it also contains small jokes\, ideas about history\, and references to our relationship to photography. The project is about men’s bodies seen through a woman’s eyes – the woman’s gaze – the man’s body – the body as landscape with hills and valleys to roam. The collages are made from vintage magazines from the 60’s and 70’s – a time when the male nude in widely circulating publications was new\, and the idea of a woman appreciating the male nude was radical.  The paintings and drawings are based on my own photographs of friends and professional models and take on the same subject – still fairly uncommon from a woman’s point of view.” René Smith \n  \nRené Smith lives and works in Bushwick\, Brooklyn\, New York. She was a Visiting Lecturer in Painting at Chiang Mai University in Thailand\, and has also been an artist in residence at The Gil Society in Iceland and Vermont Studio Center. She has shown her work at The Bangkok Art & Culture Center\, Koi Gallery (Bangkok)\, NoSpace Gallery (Bangkok)\, BKK Art House (Bangkok)\, The Chiang Mai University Art Museum (Thailand)\, and Aljira Contemporary Art Center (New Jersey). René Smith was born in Philadelphia and received her M.F.A. in Painting from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and Rome and her B.A. in Painting from Bennington College in Vermont. She teaches painting at St. Thomas Aquinas College. \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading with Claudia Cortese\, Joy Ladin\, Trace Peterson\, and Grey Vild
DESCRIPTION:Claudia Cortese\, Joy Ladin\, Trace Peterson\, and Grey Vild share a love of poetry and each other that cannot be contained. They are thrilled to read their work together—please come be their beautiful audience. \n  \n \nTrace Peterson is author of Since I Moved In (Chax Press) and numerous chapbooks. The Editor/Publisher of EOAGH\, she also recently co-edited the anthology Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics (Nightboat Books). She lives in Brooklyn. \n  \n \nClaudia Cortese’s poems have appeared in Best New Poets 2011\, Blackbird\, Crazyhorse\, Kenyon Review Online\, and Rattle\, among others\, and her essays and book reviews have appeared in Devil’s Lake\, Mid-American Review\, and Iowa Review. Her first book of poems—which explores trauma\, myth\, fairy tales\, and girlhood—is currently traveling the land of book contests and has been a semifinalist for prizes from the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry\, Persea Books\, and the University of Wisconsin Press. A recipient of awards from RHINO Poetry\, Baltimore Review\, and Kent State University\, Cortese lives and teaches in New Jersey. \n  \n \nJoy Ladin\, Gottesman Professor of English at Yeshiva University\, has published six books of poetry\, including 2012’s The Definition of Joy\, Forward Fives award winner Coming to Life\, and Lambda Literary Award finalist Transmigration. Her memoir\, Through the Door of Life:  A Jewish Journey Between Genders\, was a 2012 National Jewish Book Award finalist. Her work has appeared in many periodicals\, including American Poetry Review\, Southern Review\, Prairie Schooner\, Parnassus: Poetry in Review\, Southwest Review\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, and North American Review\, and has been recognized with a Fulbright Scholarship. \n  \n \nGrey Vild’s work has been best described as sitting in a closet\, dittling itself\, and\, like\, you know\, frying baloney on a light bulb. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140211T200000
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SUMMARY:Dictionary: Featuring Amanda Davidson\, Dia Felix\, Kaitlyn Greenidge\, Nick Comilla\, Norhan Hassan\, Oki Sogumi\, Sophy Naess\, and Tennessee Jones
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 Amanda Davidson\, Dia Felix\, Kaitlyn Greenidge\, Nick Comilla\, Norhan Hassan\, Oki Sogumi (skyping in from the Bay Area)\, Sophy Naess\, and Tennessee Jones will be sharing work. \nDictionary will begin promptly at 8pm\, but the bookstore will be open all day so come early\, warm up\, grab a drink\, browse for a new book and save yourself a seat! \nAmanda Davidson never knew how much she could love one small dog. partedinthemiddle.wordpress.com. \nDia Felix is a writer and filmmaker. Areas of interest include romance\, celebrity\, obsession\, decadence\, 2013\, and rock and roll. She has written for many blogs and online channels and self-published some number of booklettes. Her novel “Nochita” will be published through City Lights/Sister Spit in early 2014. She is founder and editor of “Personality Press.”\nFelix has worked for many museums and arts institutions as a digital media producer\, with a particular emphasis in exploring the desires and obsessions which drive extraodinary creative accomplishments.\nShe also works with young people as a filmmaking instructor and mentor.\nBorn and raised in Southern California\, Felix now lives mostly in New York. \nKaitlyn Greenidge is a writer based in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in American Short Fiction\, The Believer\, At Length Magazine\, Green Mountains Review\, The Feminist Wire\, Out History\, and Afrobeat Journal among other places. She was a 2011 Visiting Emerging Writer at Johnson State College in Johnson\, Vermont and is currently an Artist in Residence at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Workspace. She is also an editor at the Tottenville Review. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and she has received scholarships to Breadloaf Writers’ Conference. Her interview with Victor LaValle can be found in McSweeney’s Press’s Always Apprentices: The Believer Magazine Presents Twenty-Two Interviews Between Writers. \nNick Comilla: Born on a military base turned ghost town in Rome\, NY\, Nick Comilla currently lives in NYC. His poems have appeared in Assaracus\, Poetry is Dead\, Lambda Literary and HOMO Magazine. He is a poetry/fiction MFA student at The New School where he is currently working on his first book project\, Ghosts of Montreal. \nNorhan Hassan\, a problem child. She goes to the New School for politics and urban design. She makes pamphlets and zines for the streets. She uses performance and writing to further a dialogue about social reproduction and the process of feminizing the body for different forms of labor. \noki sogumi (b. Seoul\, South Korea) watches k-dramas\, writes into small white boxes on the internet\, and stays warm in the Bay Area. Her poems have appeared in Claudius App\, Hi Zero\, and LIES Journal. She is currently working on something like a novel. \nSophy Naess is a painter and diarist based in New York. Her publications are available at Printed Matter and sophynaess.com. She was a 2013 artist in residence at the Shandaken Project. \nTennessee Jones is the author of the Lambda Literary Award nominated collection Deliver Me From Nowhere\, a “cover” of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska. He is the recipient of awards from the Jacob K. Javits Foundation\, the Christopher Isherwood Foundation and Hunter College\, where he received his MFA in Fiction in 2010. He was also the George Bennett Fellow (Writer in Residence) at Philips Exeter Academy 2010-11\, and the Philip Roth Writer in Residence at Bucknell University (2013). His current novel in progress is about generational trauma in an Appalachian town known for two brutal incidents: the hanging of an elephant and the expulsion of its black population. He grew up in the hollers of East Tennessee and currently lives in Brooklyn. \n  \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Perry Halkitis and Guests Present The AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a presentation by Perry Halkitis of his new book The AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience. Halkitis will be joined by five of the men he interviewed for this book: Jim Alba\, Erik Bartley\, Sean McKenna\, Lee Raines\, and Steve Schalchlin. After the presentation\, the author and the five interviewees will engage the audience in discussion. \nThe AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience examines the strategies for survival and coping employed by these HIV-positive gay men\, who together constitute the first generation of long-term survivors of the disease. Through interviews conducted by the author\, it narrates the stories of gay men who have survived since the early days of the epidemic; documents and delineates the strategies and behaviors enacted by men of this generation to survive it; and examines the extent to which these approaches to survival inform and are informed by the broad body of literature on resilience and health. \nThe stories and strategies detailed here\, all used to combat the profound physical\, emotional\, and social challenges faced by those in the crosshairs of the AIDS epidemic\, provide a gateway for understanding how individuals cope with chronic and life-threatening diseases. Halkitis takes readers on a journey of first-hand data collection (the interviews themselves)\, the popular culture representations of these phenomena\, and his own experiences as one of the men of the AIDS generation. \nThis riveting account will be of interest to health practitioners and historians throughout the clinical and social sciences — or to anyone with an interest in this important chapter in social history. \nThe AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience is available at the Bureau. \n  \n \nPerry N. Halkitis\, PhD\, MS\, MPH is Professor of Applied Psychology and Public Health (Steinhardt School)\, and Population Health (Langone School of Medicine)\, Director of the Center for Health\, Identity\, Behavior & Prevention Studies\, and Associate Dean (Global Institute of Public Health) at New York University. Dr. Halkitis’ program of research examines the intersection between the HIV epidemic\, drug abuse\, and mental health burden in LGBT populations\, and he is well known as one of the nation’s leading experts on substance use and HIV behavioral research. Dr. Halkitis hold degrees in psychology\, education\, and public health. \n  \n  \n 
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LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140214T190000
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SUMMARY:Anal Magazine at the Bureau
DESCRIPTION:Ricardo Velmor of Anal Magazine is visiting NYC from Mexico City\, and the Bureau is happy to welcome him. Ricardo will talk about Anal Magazine and the work that they do in Mexico at 8 PM. \nAnal Magazine is a printed publication addressed to the gay male community that is interested in getting to know art\, design\, photography\, literature\, fashion\, eroticism\, and many other Mexican and international creative expressions. This magazine is about the work of artists who experiment with masculinity in a wide threshold. Our main goal is to create a solid\, intelligent yet appealing magazine for all our readers. The publication coexists with exhibitions\, videoart shows and parties within the whole Anal universe. \nAnal Magazine Vol. 2\nIn this second issue we feature a text by Pedro Brizuela about the psychological implications of group sex; an essay by Pável Granados that deals with the subtle homoerotic speech in Mexican boleros music; a story by Rob Morris; an interview to Gerardo Delgado\, founder and film director in Mecos Films\, the only mainstream Mexican gay porn company; an essay about the work of Japanese shunga artist Gengoroh Tagame; image portfolios of work by artists Tony Solís\, SUPERM (Brian Kenny & Slava Mogutin)\, Héctor Belloc; and erotica by Christian Castañeda. Plus an intervention by Carlos Amorales made specially for the magazine.\n96 full color pages. Texts in English and Spanish. \nAnal Magazine Vol. 3\nFeatures a fiction by writer and publisher Alfredo Núñez Lanz; an interview by Clarisse Mérigeot & Pauline Magnenant to Alan Charlesworth about his series of a “bear” community; an essay about the work of General Idea and their retrospective solo show at Musée D’art Moderne in Paris; poetry by Sergio Téllez-Pon; image portfolios by painter Taner Ceylan\, videoartist Ricardo Nicolayevsky and photographers Omar Gámez and Rick Castro. Our classic “Chico Anal” erotica series + an illustrated story by Dino Vanko and Ricardo Velmor.\n96 full color pages. Texts in English and Spanish. \nAnal Magazine Vol. 4\nOur newest issue comes in a numbered and certified edition of only 1000 copies. It features and essay by Alfredo Nuñez Lanz about the work of Japanese Samurai Era writer Ihara Saikaku with two of his texts in full version\, both illustrated by Hideki Koh; a fictional story by Wenceslao Bruciaga; art portfolios by artists David Romero\, Rafa Esparza and Luis Marquez Romay; more “Chico Anal” series than in any other issue; a “Colour Me” porn and a Frotispiece specially made for this issue with guys from an open call.\n96 full color pages. Texts in English and Spanish. \n  \n  \n  \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140215T190000
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SUMMARY:Undesirable Elements: New York City's Gay Press Before Stonewall\, 1960-1969: A Talk with Ben Miller
DESCRIPTION:Undesirable Elements: New York City’s Gay Press Before Stonewall\, 1960-1969 \nIn July 1969\, readers of the New York Mattachine Newsletter (put out by New York Mattachine\, the city’s largest and oldest formal gay group) found five mimeographed sheets inserted into their copies of the magazine. Titled\, “The Hairpin Drop Heard Around The World\,” the article summarized the events of the Stonewall riots: the 1am bar bust\, the accumulating crowd\, and the decision to fight back\, concluding with the following declaration: “Homosexuals are tired of waiting. After all\, we can’t be put off with the old line that things will improve in the next generation and our children will lead better\, happier lives. Most of us aren’t going to have children\, and we have to struggle to make our own lives better. If the traditional means of winning reform cannot work in this age…then possibly the only place for those of us who care about reform is in the streets.”  How did the gay movement arrive at this point\, and how did periodicals like the New York Mattachine Newsletter aid in the construction of physical communities and constitute communities in themselves? This talk will explore those questions by examining periodicals aimed at gay men in New York City during the 1960s\, discussing how physique magazines cloaked their queer objectives while creating consumer communities\, and how organizations used public and private periodicals to bolster physical communities and create communities of print.\n  \nBen Miller is a New York-based writer and student of history. Current projects include thesis research on early gay activist Harry Hay that has taken him to archives in California and conferences from Pennsylvania to New Mexico\, an adaptation of an early Mozart libretto for performance at Carnegie Hall\, and new short fiction influenced by his historical research. His teachers in history and writing have included Linda Gordon\, K. Kevyne Baar\, Marcelle Clements\, and Jonathan Safran Foer. His academic writing has appeared in Historian\, College Film and Media Studies\, and the Chicago Journal of History; and his short fiction has appeared in Brio\, Studio on the Square\, and West 10th. He is editor or co-editor of several publications\, co-founder of Squid Ink Magazine (launching soon)\, and serves on the communications committee of the New York City Anti-Violence Project. He tweets @benwritesthings. \n  \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140220T190000
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SUMMARY:Emanuel Xavier Reads from Nefarious
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau is pleased to welcome Emanuel Xavier\, who will read from his most recent book of poetry\, Nefarious (Queer Mojo\, 2013). \n  \nPhotograph by Sophia Wallace\nEmanuel Xavier is an acclaimed writer–often referred to as one of the first openly gay Nuyorican poets and founder of contemporary “mariposa lit.” With heartfelt honesty and humor\, Nefarious is a poetry collection that welcomes the reader into the second act of a former underage prostitute. \nThis book captures insights into his private world; relationships\, heartbreaks\, life as a spoken word artist\, time spent with his cat\, aging. With a dose of dark humor\, Xavier’s pleasure in the written word and his passion makes this an engaging collection. \nFeatured guest David Iglesia will also share a few of his poems. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/emanuel-xavier-reads-from-nefarious/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140221T190000
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SUMMARY:Launch Party for Future Perfect
DESCRIPTION:Join the Bureau of General Services-Queer Division in a celebration of the book we produced for our fundraiser last year: Future Perfect. Edited by Andrew Durbin and published by Publication Studio\, Future Perfect includes contributions from \nPenny Arcade\nFelix Bernstein\nStephen Boyer\nLonely Christopher\nNicole Eisenman\nBad Grammar\nBruce Hainley\nEd Halter\nJuliana Huxtable\nTed Kerr\nKevin Killian\nWayne Koestenbaum\nRachel Levitsky\nTrisha Low\nStephen Motika\nEileen Myles\nTim Trace Peterson\nLuther Price\nPaul Mpagi Sepuya\nPamela Sneed \nMax Steele\nLaurie Weeks  \nIf you donated $50 or more to the Bureau’s fundraiser and you selected Future Perfect as a perk we welcome you to claim your book at the event. Several of the contributors will be at the event\, some of whom will read their contributions. \nAndrew Durbin\, Pamela Sneed\, Max Steele\, Juliana Huxtable\, and Justin Allen of BDGRMMR (pronounced Bad Grammar) will read at 8 PM. Yulan Grant of BDGRMMR will screen her short film Black Atlantis—inspired by Allen’s poem The First Born of the Black Atlantis\, which is included in Future Perfect alongside stills from Grant’s video. Brandon Owen\, also of BDGRMMR\, will DJ before and after the readings! \n \n \n \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140226T203000
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SUMMARY:Dirty Looks NYC and Animal Shelter Present The Adventures of Sylvia Couski
DESCRIPTION:We are proud to welcome Dirty Looks back to the Bureau! \nDirty Looks NYC and Animal Shelter are teaming up for a screening of Les intrigues de Sylvia Couski (The Adventures of Sylvia Couski)\, 1974 by Adolfo Arrieta. Editor of Animal Shelter Hedi El Kholti will introduce the film. \nSuggested donation of $8 to cover film rental costs \nArrieta’s first feature stars famed Parisian transsexual\, Marie France\, and has been called “the first Parisien underground militant film.” The plot revolves around the ex-wife of a famous sculptor who convinces her lover to removed one of the sculptures of her ex-husband and replace it with a live model\, on the eve of the show’s opening. \nA small insert about Marie France (including a new introduction by Semiotext(e)’s Hedi El Kholti and two period interviews) will accompany the current issue of Animal Shelter\, which features contributions by Tisa Bryant\, Michael Carroll\, Jean Eustache\, Pierre Guyotat\, Richard Hawkins\, Guy Hocquenghem\, Cookie Mueller\, Grace Ndiritu\, Dalia Rosetti\, Heathcote Williams\, Melissa Barrett\, Robert Dewhurst\, Tony Duvert\, Iris Klein\, Fernanda Laguna\, Lodovico Pignatti Morano\, Jean-Jacques Schuhl\, Noura Wedell\, Gary Lee Boas\, Shannon Durbin\, Matt Fishbeck\, Kathryn Garcia\, Mim Goodman\, Peter Hujar\, Eli Langer\, Tracy Nakayama\, Grace Ndiritu\, Warren Neidich\, A. L. Steiner. This issue is available at the Bureau of General Services-Queer Division. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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LOCATION:NY
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SUMMARY:TELL
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. Magic is the theme of the first installment of TELL.\n\nFeaturing special guests: Heather María Ács\, Merrie Cherry\, Mizz June\, Foxy Squire\, and Judy Yu.\n\n\nThis event is free. We will pass a hat on behalf of the performers. \nThe Bureau is not wheelchair accessible–up one flight of stairs. \nThe Bureau has a gender-neutral bathroom. \n\n \nHeather María Ács is a performing artist\, activist\, curator\, educator and high-femme troublemaker. Her work has been featured in festivals\, theatres\, galleries\, conferences\, and universities internationally.  She is the Co-Director of Heels on Wheels\, a queer femme-inine spectrum\, all genders performance group. Heather has worked with Mx. Justin Vivian Bond\, Nao Bustamante\, Lois Weaver\, J. Ed Araiza (SITI Company)\, and Paula Pell (SNL). Film credits include Building No. 7\, dir. Steven Soderbergh; blink\, dir. Silas Howard; Sunset Stories (SXSW); and Michelle in Valencia (the movies): Chapter 9 based on the novel by Michelle Tea. Heather has worked as a teaching artist in NYC public schools for over a decade. heatheracs.com\, heelsonwheelsroadshow.com\n\n  \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. 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 and around town. www.draecampbell.com\n  \n\n\n\nPhoto by Santiago Felipe\nMerrie Cherry reigns over the Brooklyn drag community with a sweet hand. She hosts\, MCs\, and plans events in the popping community and beyond. The creator of the Brooklyn Nightlife Awards she was set a new meaning of what is means to be a drag queen. With no plans to stop we can expect so much more from this cherry. Stay tuned! \n\n\n\n  \n \n\nMizz June got her start in activism and musical theater. As a resident young artist at The Henry Street Settlement and\, as a founding member of the youth activist group- FIERCE! She was the first black transwoman to be a guest cast member on “All My Children”. Her previous band\, “Mizz June and the Housewives” was a “drag punk”/punk rock/pro-feminist band ala the Riot Grrl movement. She was a featured member of the video chorus for Theater Transgression/House of Yes’ trAntigone- A Genderqueered Act of Resistance and most recently “Lez Miz” (Dixon Place) and “These Pieces Won’t Fit/The Waldorf Hysteria” (Mix 26 Art and Film Festival). She will be featured in two soon to be released music videos. Justin Vivian Bond’s “The Golden Age of Hustlers” and Tamar-kali’s “Pearl”. She is currently working on her debut EP- release date TBA.\n\n  \n\n \nAfter completing the burlesque class series by  Deflouered Productions\, Foxy Squire gathered her wits and talent to begin performing. Though\, she is a resident performer at Rivers of Honey Cabaret\, she had performed both nationally and internationally in London\, Connecticut\, California\, Philadelphia\, and NYC.   Foxy’s first headliner performance was in May 2013 at the DC Gurly Show (Washington\, DC). This year\, she will be performing in Georgia (DragonCon) and North Carolina (Heavy Rebel Weekend). Her motto is EMBRACE YOUR SPECTACLE.  Now\, she shares her love for deviant art and dark beauty through burlesque and performance art.\n\n  \n\n\nJudy Yu writes stories on the number 2 or 3 train from Brooklyn to Harlem\, and advocates for LGBTQ youth in the youth justice system at the Juvenile Justice Project of the Correctional Association of NY. She has lived in New York for over 20 years and calls Brooklyn home. She has an MFA in writing from Sarah Lawrence and an MPH from Hunter.\n\n  \n\n\n  \n\n 
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LOCATION:NY
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