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SUMMARY:Union Square Slam presents PAUL TRAN and Open Slam 2.5
DESCRIPTION:  \nWWWWWHHHHHHHHAAAAAATTTTTTT Too thrilled to be hosting the fiercest Queen of Queer Fabulosity and Wicked Sharp Wordsmith Paul Tran and our 5th open slam of this quarter\, that’s what! \nHosted by CE Bain!!!\n$5 // All Ages \n(Please note: the Bureau is closed on Mondays. We open at 6 PM on Mondays for the Union Square Slam.)  \n6:00pm: Free Poetry Workshop\, hosted by Sara Emily Kuntz\n7:00pm: Sign-ups for open mic and slam begin\n7:30pm: Open Mic\n8:00pm: Feature\n8:30pm: Slam \nAbout our Feature: \nPaul Tran is the 10th ranked slam poet in the world. His Pushcart-nominated work appears in Prairie Schooner\, The Cortland Review\, The Offing\, and RHINO\, which gave him a 2015 Editor’s Prize. He has received fellowships and residencies from Kundiman\, VONA\, Poets House\, Lambda Literary\, Napa Valley\, Home School Miami\, and the Vermont Studio Center. Paul is the first Asian American poet to represent the Nuyorican Poets Cafe at the National Poetry Slam in almost 20 years. He lives in NYC\, where he is a graduate student at NYU. \nAbout our Slam: \n::Union Square Slam National Team Competition:: \nThere are 3 quarters of competitive poetry slam\, each culminating in a Semifinal. Each quarter consists of six open slams (one or more of which is a New Shit slam — competition in New Shit slams counts towards your total points!)\nEach open slam will : \n•consist of up to 8 poet competitors \n•have a 3 min time limit for each round with a 10-second grace period \n•will go from 8 in the first round to 5 in the second round and 3 in the third round (this is subject to change depending on the number of competitors that night — see below) \n•be scored cumulatively — the winner of the night will have the highest cumulative score from all three rounds. \nAt the end of each quarter\, the poets with the 8 highest cumulative scores FOR THE QUARTER\, are invited to compete in Semifinals. If a qualified poet opts out\, then the next highest ranking poet qualifies. Semifinals are run using the same rules as the Open Slams. The top two highest ranked poets in each Semifinals bout will advance to Finals Stage\, along with the top two winners of the Last Chance slam. \nLast Chance Slam will be INVITATIONAL only to include the top 8 poets who have the highest cumulative scores over the entire season/all three quarters\, but who didn’t not otherwise qualify for FINALS. \n  \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:NYC Revolutionary Feminism Study Group
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us for week 14 of the Fall-Winter 2015/2016 NYC reading group of Revolutionary Feminism: Communist Interventions\, vol. III\, a reader from the Communist Research Cluster. All NYC Revolutionary Feminism meetings are open and welcoming to the public. Week 14 will look at materialist feminism\, reading pieces written by Christine Delphy and Monique Wittig. \nThe reader can be found online here: https://communistresearchcluster.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/crc_ci_vol_three_1_1.pdf \n  \n  \n  \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160205T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160205T220000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20160122T210237Z
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SUMMARY:February Moon Show in Manhattan
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Moon Show is excited to be expanding its series to the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division in Manhattan which is wheel chair accessible! \nStarting at 7 pm \nFeaturing:\nValerie Brooks\, poetry\nMaxine Montilus\, dance\nSunny Wilder\, poetry\nNoia Isaiah\, music\nKiki Williams\, performance\nFrances Damian Arpaia\, film \nThe Moon Show is a queer\, trans\, anti-racist\, intersectional feminist performance series. \nWe will be asking for a $5-15 suggested donation for the performers. No one will be made to feel unwelcome for lack of funds. There are plenty of chairs for everyone to sit.\nhttps://ourmoonshow.tumblr.com/ \n  \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160206T210000
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SUMMARY:RuPaul's Drag Race Mad Libs Launch
DESCRIPTION:  \nCome play Mad Libs with the authors of RuPaul’s Drag Race Mad Libs!\n  \n\nDRAG QUEEN UPDATE!!!! WE WILL BE JOINED SATURDAY BY JIGGLY CALIENTE (Season 4) & VIVACIOUS (Season 6)! \nALSO THE SMART AND HILARIOUS ARIEL ITALIC FROM THE NOBODIES WILL BE ON HAND TO DO A MAD LIBS!!! \n  \nAuthors of RuPaul’s Drag Mad Libs\, Karl Marks and Nico Medina celebrate the publication of the fiercest Mad Libs in herstory. Appearing in their drag alter egos\, the authors will invite local drag queens and audience members on stage to complete Mad Libs stories from the book.\n\nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \n\nRuPaul’s Drag Mad Libs is based on the hit reality show RuPaul’s Drag Race!\n  \nYou’ll want to run—in heels—to pick up your copy of RuPaul’s Drag Race Mad Libs. Fans can relive their favorite moments from this fierce reality show by playing the 21 stories included in this book. Work!\n\n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160208T213000
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SUMMARY:Union Square Slam presents SAVON BARTLEY and Open 2.6 (NEW SHIT SLAM)
DESCRIPTION:  \nWe are thrilled to host internationally-ranked poet\, Savon Bartley and our last open slam of this quarter!! \nIt’s also a NEW SHIT SLAM\, so bring your freshest!! \n(New Shit slams are open to anyone\, however\, if you are going out for the Nationals Team\, you need to compete in at least one New Shit Slam at some point before Finals in May. New Shit is defined as anything that has not been heard on a Union Square mic\, the exception being that it has been over 50% edited) \n(Please note: the Bureau is closed on Mondays. We open at 6 PM on Mondays for the Union Square Slam.) \n6:00pm: Free Poetry Workshop\, hosted by Sara Emily Kuntz\n7:00pm: Sign-ups\n7:30pm: Open Mic\n8:00pm: Feature\n8:30pm: Slam \n$5 // All Ages \nAbout our Feature: \nSavon Bartley is a North Chicago born poet\, writer\, and Oreo cookie connoisseur. Known for his lyricism and ability to command a crowd he has worked with HBO Def Poets\, United Nation Officials\, Grammy\, Oscar\, Tony\, and Emmy award winners. Savon’s work is a reflection of his experiences with identity\, mental illness\, social justice\, and what it means to be a man that’s better than his father. Having represented New York and New Jersey on the international poetry slam level multiple times\, placing 3rd in the world in 2013\, his work has captured the attention and hearts of many. Savon\, who has been featured at The Apollo Theater\, Auditorium Theater\, and The United Nations General Assembly\, has been published in Slate Magazine and was the youngest coach at the 2015 National Poetry Slam. \n  \nAbout our Slam: \n::Union Square Slam National Team Competition:: \nThere are 3 quarters of competitive poetry slam\, each culminating in a Semifinal. Each quarter consists of six open slams (one or more of which is a New Shit slam — competition in New Shit slams counts towards your total points!)\nEach open slam will : \n•consist of up to 8 poet competitors \n•have a 3 min time limit for each round with a 10-second grace period \n•will go from 8 in the first round to 5 in the second round and 3 in the third round (this is subject to change depending on the number of competitors that night — see below) \n•be scored cumulatively — the winner of the night will have the highest cumulative score from all three rounds. \nAt the end of each quarter\, the poets with the 8 highest cumulative scores FOR THE QUARTER\, are invited to compete in Semifinals. If a qualified poet opts out\, then the next highest ranking poet qualifies. Semifinals are run using the same rules as the Open Slams. The top two highest ranked poets in each Semifinals bout will advance to Finals Stage\, along with the top two winners of the Last Chance slam. \nLast Chance Slam will be INVITATIONAL only to include the top 8 poets who have the highest cumulative scores over the entire season/all three quarters\, but who didn’t not otherwise qualify for FINALS. \n  \n  \n  \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160210T200000
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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! \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau and 20Something. No one turned away for lack of funds. \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 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160211T183000
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SUMMARY:Bi Book Club discusses The Lunatic\, the Lover\, and the Poet by Myrlin A. Hermes
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Bi Book Club meets on the second Thursday of each month to discuss bi-themed books and the issues they raise. \nDinner after nearby (so far\, we always go to Village Den.) \nOn February 11\, The Bi Book Club will discuss: \nThe Lunatic\, the Lover\, and the Poet by Myrlin A. Hermes \nShakespeare turned topsy turvy: a clever bisexual mashup between a sexy young Hamlet and characters from the sonnets. Very readable–no olde English. Note: The Sonnets\, and Shakespeare\, were bisexual. \nPick out some phrases\, paragraphs or scenes that you’d like to discuss\, give us your critique of the book: what worked\, what didn’t\, how was bisexuality represented? If you haven’t had the chance to read the book\, come anyway because we read passages 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. \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \nRSVP on meetup.com (not required) \n  \n  \n  \n 
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LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160213T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160213T213000
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SUMMARY:Love Songs from the Closet - Valentine's Eve Poetry and Dance - Poet Brad Vogel accompanied by dancer Mariusz Kujawksi
DESCRIPTION:Whether you’re partnered\, single or in some kind of mingle\, join poet Brad Vogel as he reads from his poetry book\, Broad Meadow Bird\, with a focus on the series “Love Songs from the Closet” – taking on unrequited love\, sublimated desire and both the perils and conquering of the closet. Dancer Mariusz Kujawksi will accompany and interpret a number of the poems. \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau.\nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPoet Brad Vogel recently debuted Broad Meadow Bird\, his collection covering poetry from the past 15 years. Born in Wisconsin\, Vogel lived and worked in post-Katrina New Orleans. He and his boyfriend Suresh live in New York City. \n  \nMariusz Kujawski – A dancer and model\, Mariusz was born in Poland and grew up in Iceland. \n \n \n 
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LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160215T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160215T213000
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SUMMARY:Union Square Slam present JOSE' OLIVAREZ and our LOVE AND HEARTBREAK THEME SLAM
DESCRIPTION:  \nOh. It’s that time of year again. That time when no matter who you are\, you got something to say about Love. Welp. Let’s hear it!! Join us for an incredible feature by Chicago’s own literary badass\, José Olivarez\, and our Love and Heartbreak Theme Slam!! \nCOMPETING POETS\, TAKE NOTE: THIS IS THE LAST THEME SLAM BEFORE THE IRON POET SLAM ON APRIL 26TH. IF YOU HAVEN’T COMPETED IN A THEME SLAM YET AND WANT TO GO FOR TEAM\, THIS IS YOUR SECOND TO LAST CHANCE TO DO SO. \n6:00pm: Free Poetry Workshop with Sara Emily Kuntz\n7:00pm: Sign ups for Open Mic and Slam\n7:30pm: Open Mic\n8:00pm: Feature\n8:30pm: Poetry Slam \nAbout our Feature: \nJosé Olivarez is the co-author of the book of poems Home Court. He is a graduate of Harvard University and the Program Director at Urban Word NYC. A winner of a 2015 Bronx Recognizes Its Own award from the Bronx Council on the Arts\, his work has been published in The BreakBeat Poets\, Vinyl Poetry and Prose\, The Acentos Review\, Specter Magazine\, Union Station Magazine\, among other places. His work has also been featured on Yahoo’s Ball Don’t Lie basketball blog\, Chicago Public Radio\, and on Mass Poetry’s PoeTry on the T program. He is from Calumet City\, IL\, and he lives in the Bronx. You can purchase Home Court at https://homecourtpoems.tumblr.com/purchase & follow him on social media at @jayohessee. \nAbout our Slam: \nBust out your sexy erotica\, your heartfelt odes\, your viled and anguished break-up lines. \n::THEME SLAMS:: \nWe have a variety of Theme Slams\, meant to introduce different artistic elements\, challenges\, and inspiration to our work. Points will be recorded for the sake of naming a “winner”\, however\, these points do not count towards your total score for the quarter. Your participation in one Theme slam meets your requirement for Final Stage Participation. All theme slams will take up to 8 competitors\, and will be ranked in an 8-5-3 cumulative fashion. Each round has a 3 min time limit unless otherwise stated. \nAll slammers who are competing to represent Union Square Slam nationally in 2016 and beyond\, at either IWPS\, WOWPS\, or as part of the Union Square Slam Nationals Team\, MUST participate in BOTH a New Shit Slam and a Theme Slam at any point during the slam season. (9/14/15 – 4/28/15). You may compete in any or all of these slams\, whether or not you intend to go out for the team\, however\, preference may be given to competitors that have qualified for Semis or Finals. \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160217T213000
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SUMMARY:Radicals Reading Series | New York
DESCRIPTION:  \nRadicals | New York features some of today’s leading LGBTQ activists\, educators and commentators. From gay history and identity to awareness and sexual health\, Radicals honors those who strive to make a difference through their work\, provoking thought and demanding change. Featuring legendary writer and activist Larry Kramer\, along with writer and editor\, J. Bryan Lowder\, and educator Damon Jacobs.\n \n  \nLarry Kramer is a distinguished American playwright and LGBT rights activist. He has won an Oscar nomination\, two Obie Awards\, the American Academy of Arts Award in Literature\, and is a Pulitzer Award finalist. He also won two Tonys and an Emmy for the TV movie\, The Normal Heart. As one of the most dynamic and influential forces for political activism\, gay rights\, public health policy\, and AIDS-awareness\, Larry is a widely-recognizable and remarkable speaker on these crucial issues.\n  \nLarry is renowned for both his literary achievements and political activism. At the root of both is his life-long commitment to criticizing and correcting gay apathy and government and social indifference to AIDS. He is a founder of Gay Men’s Health Crisis\, an AIDS service organization\, and ACT UP\, a widely effective direct action AIDS advocacy group. Larry’s most acclaimed plays include The Normal Heart (1985) and the Pulitzer Prize-finalist The Destiny of Me (1992). His screenplay for Women in Love was nominated for an Academy Award in 1969. He is also well-known for his influential novel Faggots (1978)\, a confrontational portrayal of gay culture\, and his critical essay about the AIDS crisis\, “1\,112 and Counting” (1983).\n  \nLarry has also written the plays Sissie’s Scrapbook\, A Minor Dark Age\, and Just Say No\, A Play about Farce. His other books are The Tragedy of Today’s Gays and Reports From the Holocaust: The Story of an AIDS Activist.\n  \nThe recent Broadway revival of The Normal Heart was nominated for five Tonys and won three\, including Best Play. The film version stars Mark Ruffalo and Julia Roberts and premiered in May 2014.\n  \nLarry earned his B.A. in English from Yale University. They have also awarded him an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. For the past three decades he has been researching American history and the cause of AIDS/HIVS for his novel The American People—the first volume was released in April 2015. He lives in New York City.\n  \n***\n  \nJ. Bryan Lowder is an Associate Editor at Slate\, where he has written and edited since 2011. He co-founded the magazine’s award-winning LGBTQ vertical\, Outward\, in 2013\, which he continues to edit and write for regularly. Beyond the queer beat\, he frequently contributes elsewhere in Slate\, particularly to the culture and lifestyle sections\, as well as to the magazine’s podcast\, video\, and live event operations. Lowder is a graduate of New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute\, where he focused on cultural reporting and criticism. He lives in Harlem with his partner Charles McDonald and their cats Pieces and Suite—named for the two best gay bars in New York.\n  \n***\n  \n\nDamon L. Jacobs is a New York based Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and HIV prevention specialist who focuses his work on health\, social justice\, and pleasure. He is best known for championing the use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) through his work in media including MSNBC\, NPR\, Vice TV\, Here! TV\, as well as New York Times\, USA Today\, Out Magazine\, and many more.\n  \nHe is featured as one of 35 “Leading HIV Activists” by The Advocate Magazine\, and one of the Twelve “Influential Voices in HIV/AIDS for 2015” by Healthline Magazine. Damon recently spoke at The 2015 CDC National HIV Prevention Conference\, The 2015 International AIDS Society Conference (IAS)\, The 2015 Annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)\, 2014 Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA) [Part 18:20-38:40]\, 5th Annual NYS Transgender Health Conference\, 2015 European AIDS Treatment Group Conference\, Albany Medical Center\, Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC)\, New York University (NYU) as well New York State Health Department Of Health (NYS DOH) Trainings.\n \n \n \n 
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LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160218T210000
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SUMMARY:Benjamin Fredrickson in Conversation with Hunter O'Hanian
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nIn conjunction with the Bureau’s exhibition Benjamin Fredrickson: Salon\, the Bureau hosts a conversation between Benjamin Fredrickson and Hunter O’Hanian\, Director of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art. \nBenjamin Fredrickson: Salon organized by Daniel Cooney Fine Art. On view at the Bureau January 20 – March 20\, 2016. \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \nImage: Benjamin Fredrickson. EJ Sleeping\, 2015\, 10 x 8” Gelatin silver print from paper negative. Edition # 1/3. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/benjamin-fredrickson-in-conversation-with-hunter-ohanian/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160220T210000
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SUMMARY:Newfangled 9: Robert Siek hosts Yanyi Luo\, Sam Ross\, and Nomi Stone
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us for the 9th installment of Newfangled\, poetry readings by emerging poets hosted by Robert Siek. Newfangled 9 will feature Yanyi Luo\, Sam Ross\, and Nomi Stone. \n  \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \n \nYanyi Luo enjoys a masc edge. She is the recipient of a 2015 Poets House Fellowship and works as a contributing editor and poetry reader at Nat. Brut. Her poems have appeared in [PANK] and The Cortland Review\, among others. She lives in Brooklyn. \n  \n \nSam Ross’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The New Republic\, Southern Humanities Review\, Tin House\, Gulf Coast\, Guernica\, Indiana Review\, and other journals. He has received fellowship support from Columbia University\, Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center\, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. He is co-editor of Circumference: Poetry in Translation and poetry editor of Blunderbuss Magazine. \n  \n \nNomi Stone is the author of the poetry collection Stranger’s Notebook (TriQuarterly\, 2008)\, an MFA candidate in poetry at Warren Wilson College\, and a PhD candidate in cultural anthropology at Columbia University. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in Best American Poets 2016\, Poetry Northwest\, Blackbird\, Guernica\, Drunken Boat\, Plume\, and elsewhere. Stone is currently working on Kill Class\, a manuscript based on two years of ethnographic fieldwork conducted within combat simulations in mock Middle Eastern villages erected by the US military across America. \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  \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160222T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160222T213000
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SUMMARY:Union Square Slam presents FRANNY CHOI and SEMIFINALS #2
DESCRIPTION:  \nIt’s that time of the year again! Time for Union Suare Slam’s top poets to duke it out for the next two spots on our first Finals stage ever this May\, with none other than the legendary Franny Choi!!! \n6pm: Free Poetry Workshop with Sara Emily Kuntz\n7pm: sign-ups (open Mic Only)\n7:30pm: Open Mic\n7:50pm: Feature\n8: 20pm: Semifinals Slam (invite only) \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \nAbout our Feature: \nFRANNY CHOI is a writer\, performer\, and teaching artist.\nShe is the author of Floating\, Brilliant\, Gone (Write Bloody\, 2014) and a Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellow. She has been a finalist for multiple national poetry slams\, and her work has appeared in Poetry Magazine\, The Journal\, PANK\, The Rumpus\, and others. She is a Project VOICE teaching artist\, a Co-Director of the Providence Poetry Slam\, and a member of the Dark Noise Collective. \nAbout our Slam: \n::Union Square Slam National Team Competition:: \nThere are 3 quarters of competitive poetry slam\, each culminating in a Semifinal. Each quarter consists of six open slams (one or more of which is a New Shit slam — competition in New Shit slams counts towards your total points!) \nEach open slam will :\nconsist of up to 8 poet competitors\nhave a 3 min time limit for each round with a 10-second grace period\nwill go from 8 in the first round to 5 in the second round and 3 in the third round (this is subject to change depending on the number of competitors that night — see below)\nbe scored cumulatively — the winner of the night will have the highest cumulative score from all three rounds. \nAt the end of each quarter\, the poets with the 8 highest cumulative scores FOR THE QUARTER\, are invited to compete in Semifinals. If a qualified poet opts out\, then the next highest ranking poet qualifies. Semifinals are run using the same rules as the Open Slams. The top two highest ranked poets in each Semifinals bout will advance to Finals Stage\, along with the top two winners of the Last Chance slam. \nLast Chance Slam will be INVITATIONAL only to include the top 8 poets who have the highest cumulative scores over the entire season/all three quarters\, but who didn’t not otherwise qualify for FINALS. \nHOST: Thomas Fucaloro \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/union-square-slam-presents-franny-choi-and-semifinals-2/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160224T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160224T213000
DTSTAMP:20260424T151329
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Queer: A Reader for Writers\, featuring Editor Jason Schneiderman\, and contributors Charles Rice-Gonzalez (moderator)\, Justin Vivian Bond\, Mark Doty\, & Ebony Smith
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us for the launch of Jason Schneiderman‘s anthology Queer: A Reader for Writers\, the first freshman composition reader built entirely around queer topics. Charles Rice-Gonzalez moderates a discussion amongst fellow contributors Justin Vivian Bond\, Mark Doty\, Ebony Smith\, and Schneiderman. \n\nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \n\nPhotograph by David Kimelman\nMx Justin Vivian Bond is a writer\, singer\, painter\, and performance artist. Bond’s debut Cd Dendrophile was self-released on WhimsyMusic in 2011\, and was followed by FCA-supported Silver Wells in 2012. In 2011\, Bond’s art exhibition The Fall of the House of Whimsy was presented at Participant Inc.\, New York. Bond’s theatrical endeavors include starring as Warhol Superstar Jackie Curtis in Scott Wittman’s production of Jukebox Jackie: Snatches of Jackie Curtis (2012) as part of La Mama E.T.C.’s 50th Anniversary Season; originating the role of Herculine Barbin in Kate Bornstein’s play Hidden: A Gender (1991); touring with the performance troupe The Big Art Group\, and appearing in John Cameron Mitchell’s film Shortbus (2006). Bond’s memoir TANGO: My Childhood\, Backwards and in High Heels\, was published by The Feminist Press in (2011). With funds from V’s Grants to Artists\, Bond made a down payment on V’s lease and was able to self-release the CD\, Silver Wells(2012). \nBond has held performances at The Kitchen\, Abrons Art Center\, Performance Space 122\, The Zipper Factory\, The Delacorte Theater\, Central Park\, New York; The Sydney Opera House\, Australia; Soho Theater\, London\, Helen Hayes Theater\, New York and the Royal Albert Hall\, London. \nPrior to V’s 2012 Grants to Artists\, Bond received a an Obie Award for Kiki & Herb: Jesus Wept (2000)\, a New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Choreographer/Creator Award for Kiki & Herb(2004)\, The Ethyl Eichelberger Award (2008)\, and The Peter Reed Foundation Grant (2011). Bond received a B.F.A. from Adelphi University (1985)\, and an M.A. from Central St. Martins College in London (2006). \n  \n  \nPhotograph by Star Black\nMark Doty is the author of several collections of poetry\, including Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems\, which received the 2008 National Book Award. \n  \nPhoto-by-Marisol-Diaz\nCharles Rice-González\, born in Puerto Rico and reared in the Bronx\, is a writer\, long-time community and LGBT activist\, co-founder of BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance and a Distinguished Lecturer at Hostos Community College – CUNY. He received an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College. His debut novel Chulito(Magnus Books 2011) has received nearly a dozen awards including a 2013 Stonewall Book Awards – Barbara Gittings Literature Award Honor from the American Library Association and a “Small Press Highlights” mention from the National Book Critics Circle. He co-edited From Macho To Mariposa: New Gay Latino Fiction (Tincture/Lethe Press 2011) and his award-winning play I Just Love Andy Gibb will be published in Blacktino Queer Performance: A Critical Anthology (Duke Press 2016). He serves on the boards of the Bronx Council on the Arts and the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures. \n  \n\n \nJason Schneiderman is Associate Editor of Painted Bride Quarterly and Poetry Editor of Bellevue Literary Review. His poetry collection Primary Source (Red Hen Press\, forthcoming April 2016) won the 2014 Benjamin Saltman award\, and his poetry and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies\, including American Poetry Review\, The Best American Poetry\,The Poetry Review\, and The Penguin Book of the Sonnet. He is an Assistant Professor of English at the Borough of Manhattan Community College and lives in Brooklyn. \n  \n \nEbony Smith\, originally from California\, is currently a student at the Borough of Manhattan Community College and a member of the Phi Theta Kappa honors society. She is studying liberal arts while exploring psychology and criminal justice. Ebony loves to travel and has visited countries in Asia\, Africa\, and Europe. She enjoys writing and hopes to publish a book in the future. She is a very strongly opinionated\, artistic\, and creative young woman who has dreams of helping others and flourishing in the career she desires. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/celebrating-queer-a-reader-for-writers/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160225T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160225T213000
DTSTAMP:20260424T151329
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SUMMARY:NYC Revolutionary Feminism Study Group
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us for week 17\, the final week of the Fall-Winter 2015/2016 NYC reading group of Revolutionary Feminism: Communist Interventions\, vol. III\, a reader from the Communist Research Cluster. All NYC Revolutionary Feminism meetings are open and welcoming to the public. Week 17 will look at social reproduction\, reading an article by Johanna Brenner. \nThe reader can be found online here: https://communistresearchcluster.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/crc_ci_vol_three_1_1.pdf \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/nyc-revolutionary-feminism-study-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160226T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160226T220000
DTSTAMP:20260424T151329
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SUMMARY:TELL 21: My Passion
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. Come celebrate the second anniversary of TELL! \nMy Passion is the theme of the twenty-first installment of TELL. Featuring Aviya Eschenazi\, Tanisha Thompson\, Jess Tell\, and Jacob Tobia. \n$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. 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 with Rebecca Drysdale\, YOU MOVE ME won the Audience Award for Outstanding Narrative Short at OUTFEST 2010 and has been shown in festivals globally. Drae won the grand prize at the first annual San Miguel De Allende Storytelling Festival in Mexico. She once reigned as Miss LEZ and also got dubbed “the next lezzie comedian on the block” by AfterEllen.com for her comedic stylings on the interwebs. Campbell hosts and curates a monthly queer storytelling show called TELL at BGSQD. Check her out online!  www.draecampbell.com \n  \n  \n \nAviya Eschenazi also goes by “Vi” and is a graduate of the Sarah Lawrence BA Theater program.\nShe has performed her poetry\, monologues\, and stories in Spanish\, French\, and Italian. She has narrated stories for a live online news broadcast called Wochit.\nHer passion is finding strength in odd identities\, as she feels she has been too many at once!\nGrowing up queer in a family of Colombian\, Jewish\, Italian\, and Israeli-Egyptian immigrants\, her work is always about finding root in the right ground. Her writing often deals with Jewish Orthodoxy\, drug addiction\, and having been a young gay boy who is now a proud gay girl.\nShe is most obsessed with lesbian history\, poetry\, and spaces around the world. \n  \n \nJess Tell loves dad jokes & complicated multi-ingredient desserts. Jess grew up in Pittsburgh with a wacky queer family of two lesbians\, a flaming queen\, nine cats & a rotating cast of hippies & burnouts. Jess moved to NY in 2003; he throws dinner parties\, fanboys for Brooklyn Transcore projects\, sits on fashion panels & match-makes people to poems. Jess currently runs the meals program at the Ali Forney Center\, an organization that supports homeless & vulnerable LGBTQ youth. \n  \n  \n\nTanisha Thompson is a Brooklyn based performer. Most recently performed in the OBIE award winning Fire This Time Festival plays Slavesperience\, (Stacey Rose)Time in the Penn(Keelay Gibson)\, and You Mine\, (Nia Witherspoon). As a member of the Hotel Savant Theatre Co. her roles include Dryope in Men Go Down- Part 3 (PS 122) and Alas\, the Nymphs… (BAM Next Wave Festival 2015)\, Fury #2 in Funeral Games (The Public Theater)\, The Shady Maids of Haiti (Walker Space) and the title role of Mercurious (HERE). Other roles include\, Richmond in Richard III (Judith Shakespeare Co.)\, Josie in “The Skriker” (WOW Café)\, and Moll a swashbuckling prostitute Moll in “The Roaring Girl”. She has also collaborated with Michelle Matlock (The Mammy Project)\, Lee Frisari(sez.me) and Becca Blackwell (Untitled Feminist Show)\, on an exploration of gender\, race and punk rock in the piece Sum of Us at (Dixon Place). \n  \n \nJacob Tobia is a leading voice for genderqueer\, nonbinary\, and gender nonconforming folks\, ensuring that everyone is able to live their truth and feel their cute. \nIn 2014\, Jacob made their debut on the national stage when they were interviewed by Laverne Cox as part of MTV’s The T Word\, and in 2015\, Jacob was profiled by MTV in an hour-long episode of True Life: I’m Genderqueer. A Point Foundation Scholar\, Harry S. Truman Scholar\, and recipient of the Campus Pride National Voice and Action Award\, Jacob has captivated audiences at college campuses\, national conferences\, and corporate events across the country with their message of gender empowerment and social change. Their writing and advocacy have been featured on MSNBC\, MTV\, The Washington Post\, The New York Times\, The Guardian\, and Jezebel\, among others. \nOriginally from Raleigh\, North Carolina\, Jacob currently lives in Brooklyn and has worn high heels in the White House twice. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160227T213000
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SUMMARY:Keith Taylor Presents
DESCRIPTION:  \nKeith Taylor presents an encore screening of his short film “The Last Day\,” directed by Infinite\, followed by an acoustic musical performance by YouTube sensation Rockstar Sissy (Catherine Taormina)\, and displays of art work by visual artists Trevon Latin (as S. Relentless) & Catherine Taormina.\n  \n  \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \n \nKeith Taylor is a poet\, artist and actor.\n\nHe has exhibited pieces of his art in showcases at The AICH Community House Exhibition “ Rain Is Love-Honoring Water” 2010 “The 3rd Annual Night of the Arts” at The LGBT Community Center 2012\, MCCNY’s Jackson Hall Gallery\, “Autumn & Art in New York” 2013\, and recently at the “OMNIA VANITAS – All Is Vanity / LIFEbeat Fundraiser” at The Chelsea Eye Art Gallery 2014 and has recited his poetry at The Fresh Fruit Festival 2013\, All Out Poetry at Nuyorican Poets Café\, Queens Book Festival “A Borough Without Borders Reading Series” 2015\, V Henny Presents The Art Of Muzic Showcase 2015 \nKeith has his 1st role in The Hardest Love movie as Chapo winner of The 2014 Manhattan Film Festival Buzz Award & winner of International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival 2014 Peoples Choice Award. Keith has been featured in movies such as The Brave One\, The Other Guys\, The Back-up Plan and The Bounty Hunter and has also been a recurring background actor & featured on TV shows Law and Order SVU\, How To Make It In America\, Blue Bloods\, Elementary\, Power and Person of Interest\, HBO’s Crime. \nKeith has also acted in music videos by LGBT artists such as Greg Scarnici\, Sherry Vine and Lovari. \nKeith has recently played “The Ref” in A Story of Time at The Black Spectrum Theatre Company and now has completed his first short poetry/music film The Last Day which is his first original Keith Taylor production. \n  \n\n\nCatherine Taormina is a full time performer\, producer\, actor-artist and content creator. Performance includes playing a young Olympia Dukakis in the Paul Reiser movie “The Thing About My Folks” and as Rockstar Sissy singer-songwriter-guitarist pop-rock funk-punker. She produces shorts\, enters creative contests (winning some – check them out!) music videos for her songs and also produced a downloadable feature film of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” having also designed and made most of all of the costumes\, directed\, edited\, acted in and composed music for the film. Visit her website www.catherinetaormina.com for links to all!\n \n \n\nTrevon Latin A.K.A. Shaturqua Relentless (b. 1987\, Houston\, Texas) is a Houston Interdisciplinary artist and Painting BFA graduate from the University Of Houston School Of Art. His paintings have been exhibited in the annual student show s of 2014\, and 2015.His/their imagery feeds off the literal and Imaginative. “As a black\, gay\,  femme\, American male \, my experience  invites me to tell stories through my eyes and allows me to dive into the worlds I know often to inform outsiders of unfair and unjust treatment. “His current work takes on the main story of a history that is both true and imaginary. Using a mixture of media\, from hand sewn pieces to a more traditional medium\, He/they are Journeying through identity and self-exploration of what it means to be gay\, black and having a “feminine side” in today’s society.\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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