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SUMMARY:OLNY Poly Movie Night: Her
DESCRIPTION:  \nOpen Love NY presents Poly Movie Night\, a FREE series of feature films that focus on the portrayal of consensual / ethical non-monogamy in cinema. This month we’ll be at our regular venue\, the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. \nPlease join us for Her (2013)\, written and directed by Spike Jonze\, starring Joaquin Phoenix\, Amy Adams\, and Scarlet Johansson. \n  \nWe’ll meet at 6:30 pm at the Bureau (in room 210 of The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center at 208 West 13th Street) for pre-screening socializing and start the movie at 7 pm. The event is free\, although a $10 suggested donation to help fund future events is much appreciated. \n  \nSynopsis: In the near future\, a lonely man going through a divorce falls in love with an operating system. \nRunning time: 2 hour 6 minutes. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180907T190000
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SUMMARY:Stephen S. Mills's and Robert Siek's Books Launch Party
DESCRIPTION:  \nPlease join Stephen S. Mills and Robert Siek to celebrate the release of their new poetry collections\, Not Everything Thrown Starts a Revolution and We Go Seasonal\, both published by Sibling Rivalry Press. Mills and Siek will each read poems from their new books\, and then folks are welcome to hang out\, meet the poets\, buy books\, have fun. \n  \n  \n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nStephen S. Mills is the author of the Lambda Award–winning book He Do the Gay Man in Different Voices and A History of the Unmarried\, both from Sibling Rivalry Press. He earned his MFA from Florida State University. His work has appeared in The Antioch Review\, PANK\, The New York Quarterly\, The Los Angeles Review\, Knockout\, The Rumpus\, and others. He is also the winner of the 2008 Gival Press Oscar Wilde Poetry Award and the 2014 Christopher Hewitt Award for Fiction. His third poetry collection Not Everything Thrown Starts a Revolution releases September 4\, 2018\, from Sibling Rivalry Press. He lives in New York City with his partner and two schnauzers. Website: https://www.stephensmills.com/ \n  \n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nRobert Siek is the author of the poetry collections Purpose and Devil Piss (2013) and We Go Seasonal (2018)\, both published by Sibling Rivalry Press. His chapbook Clubbed Kid was published by New School University in 2002. His poetry has most recently appeared in Yes Poetry\, The Columbia Poetry Review\, Impossible Archetype\, Court Green\, The Good Men Project\, Bushwick Daily\, visceral brooklyn\, and NANCY\, as well as the Brooklyn Poets Anthology. He lives in Brooklyn and works as a production editor at a large publishing house in Manhattan. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/stephen-s-millss-and-robert-sieks-books-launch-party/
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SUMMARY:Seeing Ourselves: Cast of Characters
DESCRIPTION:Featuring portraits by over 100 queer artists\, Cast of Characters celebrates and honors queer people. Liz Collins conceived of this exhibition as a kind of family portrait\, a “family of queers.” As we approach the end of the exhibition\, Collins and the Bureau bring together a few of the participating artists to discuss how we look\, individually and collectively.\n\nWhat do the portraits in Cast of Characters reveal about queer people and queer communities? How do we picture and present ourselves and the queer communities to which we belong? What does it mean to see ourselves as queer people\, and how do our identities as queer people inform our ways of living in the world? \nWhat can we learn from the inviting\, playful\, and colorful environment that Collins created for the portraits in Cast of Characters? How do we make space for ourselves in contexts that are hostile to our very existence? Nearly 50 years after the Stonewall rebellion\, what can we learn from our history and what futures do we envision? \nJoin us for a lively discussion about the exhibition\, the portraits\, and queer utopian visions! \n  \nLiz Collins and Greg Newton\, co-founder of the Bureau\, will be joined in conversation by the following artists: \nNayland Blake \nDeborah Bright \nBarbara Hammer \nJohn Kelly \nMyles Loftin \n  \nThis event will take place in room 301 of The LGBT Community Center. ADA Accessible. \n  \nReception 5 to 6 \nPanel Discussion followed by Q&A 6 to 7:30 \nCelebration 7:30 to 9  \n  \nInstallation view:  Regan Wood Studio \n  \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Sophie Labelle in NYC - US tour 2018 - Assigned Male comics
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nSophie Labelle\, the pink-haired French Canadian cartoonist of Assigned Male comics\, will launch her new comic book Trans-Lucid and her American tour at the Bureau! Come and get your books signed. The event is kid friendly! \n  \n  \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180912T190000
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SUMMARY:Red Hen Press at the Bureau
DESCRIPTION:  \nWe are sorry to report that Amber Flora Thomas will not be able to join the Red Hen Press reading tonight\, but two poets have joined the line-up. So please join us for a poetry reading featuring Corrina Bain\, Michael Broder\, Jason Schneiderman\, and tammy lynne stoner.\n\n \n \nCorrina Bain is a gender-liminal writer and performer based in Brooklyn\, New York. He has a long history in poetry slam\, has been a featured reader on finals stage in 2004\, and is a member and coach of multiple slam teams. He has shared stages with Jim Carroll\, Patricia Smith\, Dorothy Allison\, and Saul Williams. He is the author of the full-length poetry collection Debridement (Great Weather for Media 2015\,) and has also published work in journals and anthologies such as PANK\, decomP\, Muzzle Magazine\, BOOTH\, and the Everyman’s Library book Villanelles. Bain has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.\n \n \nMichael Broder is the author of Drug and Disease Free (Indolent Books\, 2016) and This Life Now (A Midsummer Night’s Press\, 2014)\, a finalist for the 2015 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. His poems have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies. He holds a BA from Columbia University\, an MFA from New York University\, and a PhD in Classics from The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Michael is the founding publisher of Indolent Books\, the founding director of the Indolent Arts Foundation\, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity\, and the founding director of the HIV Here & Now project. He lives in Brooklyn with his husband\, the poet Jason Schneiderman\, and a backyard colony of stray and feral cats.\n \n \nJason Schneiderman is Associate Editor of Painted Bride Quarterly and Poetry Editor of Bellevue Literary Review. 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 \ntammy lynne stoner’s work has been selected for more than a dozen anthologies and literary journals. Stemming from what her grandmother calls her “gypsy blood\,” tammy has lived in 15 cities\, working as a biscuit maker\, a medical experimentee\, a forklift operator\, a gas station attendant\, and a college instructor—among other odd jobs. She is also the creator of Dottie’s Magic Pockets\, and the publisher of Gertrude\, and wrangle of the GERTIE book club\, based in Portland\, OR\, where she lives with her lady-friend\, Karena\, and their three kids. You can find her at TammyLynneStoner.com.\n \n \n \n 
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SUMMARY:Affirmative Laughter
DESCRIPTION:  \nHost Elsa Waithe brings some of NYC’s funniest non-straight non-White non-cis male comedians together for a night dedicated to diversity and hilarity. \n  \nThe September 13th edition will feature: \nChewy May \nCamille Theobald \nSarah Kennedy \nYedoye Travis \nVenessa Peruda \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180914T190000
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SUMMARY:Nurse Jackie\, Therapies and Histories:  Book Launch Party
DESCRIPTION:  \nUK academic Christopher Pullen\, Queens College academic Noah Tsika and TV historian Steven Capsuto\, invite you to their book launch party. \nAt the event\, Chris will launch his new book Heroism\, Celebrity and Therapy in Nurse Jackie exploring the potential of the TV series to offer therapy\, whilst framing the significance of its leading actor Edie Falco. Noah is launching his new book Traumatic Imprints: Cinema\, Military Psychiatry\, and the Aftermath of War\, which explores the historical significance of film to rehabilitate soldiers and civilians during and after World War II. Steven shares his new work in updating his landmark book (originally released in 2000) Alternate Channels: The Uncensored Story of Gay and Lesbian Images on Radio and Television: 1930’s to the Present. \n  \nPresentation 1 by Christopher Pullen \nThe Irresistible addiction of TV’s Nurse Jackie\, and the Transcendent Potential of Edie Falco  \nChris’s presentation explores his research process in developing his new book: Heroism\, Celebrity and Therapy in Nurse Jackie.  He examines key storylines within Nurse Jackie\, while relating the significance of heroism\, the context of celebrity culture and the significance of therapy\, and social action. \nChris has chosen to launch this book at the Bureau\, not only for its New York setting (where Nurse Jackie takes place)\, but also due to the proximity of the now sadly lost Saint Vincent’s Hospital. Chris argues not only that the hospital may have been the inspiration for the series\, but also that its star Edie Falco\, and its main screenwriters Liz Brixius and Linda Wallem\, relate their own experiences of addiction in producing such an engaging television event \nNurse Jackie’s exploration of prescription drug addiction\, relating both the challenge to healthcare workers who become addicted often in trying to meet the demands of the job\, and the interaction with family and community members who often are unable to comprehend the addict’s life\, reveals the rich complexity of the series and its continuing value.  For queer and ‘not so queer’ audiences\, Edie Falco’s performance as Nurse Jackie speaks directly to the human condition and the context of the outsider and the ‘other’\, revealing both our vulnerability\, but also our inherent connectedness.  Nurse Jackie reveals a need for society\, and for individuals\, to take action. \nThrough exploring how Chris researched the story of Nurse Jackie relating his own identification with the series\, this book event offers something for existing fans of the series\, and those who may never have heard of Nurse Jackie\, possibly not realising that TV could be so immersive and meaningful. \nDiscounted copies of the book will be available at BGSQD. \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nChristopher Pullen is widely published on queer identity in the media\, including a number of authored books such as Documenting Gay Men: Identity and Performance in Reality Television and Documentary Film (2007)\, Gay Identity\, New Storytelling and the Media (2012)\, Straight Girls and Queer Guys: The Hetero Media Gaze in Film and Television (2016) and Pedro Zamora\, Sexuality\, and AIDS Education: The Autobiographical Self\, Activism and The Real World (2016).  Also he has also produced a number of edited collections: LGBT Transnational Identity and the Media (2012)\, Queer Youth and Media Cultures (2014)\, LGBT Identity and Online New Media – with Margaret Cooper (2010) and Queer Love in Film and Television – with Pamela Demory (2013). \n  \nPresentation 2 by Noah Tsika  \nTraumatic Imprints: Cinema\, Military Psychiatry\, and the Aftermath of War \n‪Forced to contend with unprecedented levels of psychological trauma during World War II\, the United States military began sponsoring a series of nontheatrical films designed to educate and even rehabilitate soldiers and civilians alike. Traumatic Imprints traces the development of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic approaches to wartime trauma by the United States military\, along with links to formal and narrative developments in military and civilian filmmaking. Offering close readings of a series of films alongside analysis of period scholarship in psychiatry and bolstered by research in trauma theory and documentary studies\, Noah Tsika argues that trauma was foundational in postwar American culture. Examining wartime and postwar debates about the use of cinema as a vehicle for studying\, publicizing\, and even what has been termed “working through” war trauma\, this book is an original contribution to scholarship on the military-industrial complex. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nNoah Tsika is Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Queens College\, City University of New York. Among his books are Nollywood Stars and Pink 2.0. \n  \nPresentation 3 by Steven Capsuto \nRevisiting Alternate Channels  \nSteven Capsuto is now preparing a revised edition of his acclaimed book Alternate Channels: an activist history of lesbian and gay images in 20th-century broadcasting. The book also documents prime-time bisexual and transgender characters\, though these were exceedingly scarce in that era. \n  \nAlternate Channels draws on the author’s interviews with TV producers\, script writers\, show runners\, and pioneering lesbian and gay activists\, as well as network censors’ notes\, and documentation of Religious Right crusades against queer visibility. While preparing the book\, Steven also collected notes on more than 4\,000 relevant broadcasts dating from 1930 to 2000. He contextualizes the on-air depictions within the changing status of sexual minorities in American culture over those 70 years. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSteven Capsuto is an independent scholar who presents video-illustrated lectures about American television’s portrayal of LGBT lives. His book on that subject\, Alternate Channels\, was a semi-finalist for the Stonewall Book Award in 2001.  He began researching queer television images in the 1980s while volunteering at a crisis hotline. Many of the callers were suicidal gay teens who had built their self-image on the grim depictions seen on television at that time. Steven has contributed media-history articles to periodicals and reference books\, has presented papers at academic conferences in several countries\, and served on the research teams for documentaries seen on PBS and Bravo cable.  He was the head archivist of the GLBT Archives of Philadelphia from 1997 to 2003. In his day job\, he is a translator. He recently translated Manuel Ángel Soriano’s book Homophobia in 1970s Spain into English for the Egales publishing company. \n  \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:TELL 46: The Time of Your Life
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. \nThe Time of Your Life is the theme for the 46th installment of TELL. Featuring Vie Paula\, Lorena Russi\, and Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li. \n  \n$10 suggested donation to support the Bureau and the performers. 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 \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSouth Bronx bred\, performance fed\, Vie Paula is a Caretaker\, Thing Maker\, Singer/Songwriter\, and Licensed Massage Therapist striving to learn how to tell the whole truth and spend as much time as possible with their roommate’s cat. With night life entertainment in the far away past and a recent foray into all things extra\, Vie wants to see you and be seen by you. They are currently working on staying connected and engaged\, figuring out what fun is\, and creating a life worth staying awake for. \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLorena Russi is a comedian-actor-videographer centaur whose experience ranges from 8 years in improv/sketch comedy to head writer for Spotify’s web series to a career as a pro soccer player. \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nOriginally from Taiwan\, Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li earned his Master’s degree in Performance Studies at New York University. He works as director\, playwright\, performer\, and performance artist\, having created projects addressed upon sexuality\, philosophy\, and politics\, to give his unique perspectives on time\, space\, and power relations. His thesis performance piece “Kiss Me\, so I am Queer”\, curated by Chashama\, talks about the temporality of queerness and the social construction of queer identity. Currently\, he is the Associate Artistic Director of the Living Theatre\, and the New York Directing fellow of Drama League. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180921T190000
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SUMMARY:Here Nor There–Online Fantasies/Offline Reality Photo Book Launch Party
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nJoin image-based artist\, Sam Rosenthal\, for the of launch his newest photo book\, Here Nor There\, published by bd-studios.com. Rosenthal presents a selection of images appropriated from “netcams” and talks social alienation and the refuge he found on the Internet. \nReception at 7pm\, artist presentation at 7:30pm followed by Q&A and mingling! Please email samrosenthalphoto@gmail.com to reserve a copy of Here Nor There. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSam Rosenthal (b. 1994) is an image-based artist examining Queerness in context of the digital age. He uses electronics\, both modern and obsolete\, to define the mutability of an image by employing unconventional\, and often\, experimental modes of processing. These methods include the exploitation of internet camera networks\, data and signal manipulation\, and scanography to represent his Queer experience. \n  \n  \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180922T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180922T200000
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SUMMARY:Written on the Body/Queer*Sex*Life
DESCRIPTION:  \nCelebrate the publication of two new books: Don Shewey‘s THE PARADOX OF PORN: Notes on Gay Male Sexual Culture and Ishmael Houston-Jones‘s FAT AND OTHER STORIES: some writing about sex. The authors will read from their work\, answer deeply personal questions\, and give away vintage porn. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nIshmael Houston‐Jones is an author\, performer\, teacher\, curator as well as a three-time New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award-winning choreographer. His essays\, fiction\, interviews\, and performance texts have been published in numerous anthologies\, including Writers Who Love Too Much (Nightboat Books\, 2017); Aroused\, A Collection of Erotic Writing (Thunder’s Mouth Press\, 2001); Best Gay Erotica 2000 (Cleis Press\, 2000); Best American Gay Fiction\, volume 2 (Little Brown\, 1997); and Out of Character: Rants\, Raves and Monologues from Today’s Top Performance Artists (Bantam\, 1996). His work has also appeared in Performing Arts Journal\, Movement Research Journal\, Contact Quarterly\, Porn Free\, and other publications. \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDon Shewey is a writer\, therapist\, and pleasure activist in New York City. As a journalist and critic\, he has published three books about theater and written hundreds of articles for the New York Times\, the Village Voice\, Esquire\, Rolling Stone\, and other publications. He has chronicled his psycho-sexual-spiritual adventures in essays that have been included in numerous anthologies\, including The Politics of Manhood\, Best of the Best Gay Erotica\, The Queerest Art: Essays on Gay and Lesbian Theater\, and Men Like Us: the GMHC Guide to Gay Men’s Sexual\, Physical\, and Emotional Well-Being. An archive of his writing is available online at donshewey.com. His psychotherapy practice specializes in sex and intimacy coaching. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:A Better World: the Queer Comics of L. Nichols and Kevin Czap
DESCRIPTION:  \nArtists L. Nichols and Kevin Czap read from their latest comics about finding your way home and making a better world. \nL Nichols\, now a celebrated multi-disciplinary artist\, engineer and father of two\, was born in small town\, rural Louisiana\, assigned female and raised by conservative Christians. Flocks is his memoir of that childhood\, and of the expectations of his family\, friends and community\, the flocks of Flocks\, that shaped and re-shaped him as a child. \nRomantic friendships\, überchic culture\, magical solutions\, kid think-tanks\, and more make up Kevin Czap’s vision of not-so-distant America. What if the future began in a small\, queer\, punk music show in the basement of a Cleveland\, Ohio\, house? Fütchi Perf might not depict a perfect future\, but its slice-of-life vignettes\, drawn in a glorious\, kaleidoscopic two-color palette\, visualize a utopian dream that seems almost real\, but perpetually out of reach. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nL. Nichols’ illustrations and comics have appeared in the Village Voice\, Gilt Taste\, the Atlantic\, BEA Rock Fest\, Verve Magazine\, the Zinester’s Guide to NYC\, Smoke Signal\, SMITH Magazine\, the Nib\, and the anthologies QU33R (Northwest Press) and Warmer: A Collection of Comics about Climate Change for the Fearful & Hopeful. He is the co-publisher (as Grindstone Comics) of the award-winning comics quarterly\, Ley Lines\, with Czap Books. He lives\, and works as an illustrator\, comic artist\, graphic designer\, educator and sometime blacksmith\, with his wife and their two children in New York’s Hudson Valley. \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nKevin Czap (pronounced “chap”) was raised in Northern Virginia\, studied art in Cleveland\, OH\, and is now based in Providence\, RI. They run the micropress Czap Books\, endearingly referred to as “Comics Mom.” In 2016\, Czap received the second annual Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) Emerging Talent Award for their work and involvement in the comics community. \n  \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Shinjuku Story: Exhibition and Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:  \nPlease join Brooklyn based photographer\, Kaz Senju\, for his first solo show and book signing with his project Shinjuku Story\, interviews and photography of Tokyo gay and lesbian bar owners. \nThe exhibition is on view at the Bureau from September 25-30\, 1-7 pm. \n  \nBook signing special event on Friday\, Sept 28th\, 7 pm\, hosted by Chris Bogia. \n  \nFor more information about Kaz Senju\, please visit his website: kazsenju.com \n  \nChris Bogia is the Co-Founder and Director of Fire Island Artist Residency (FIAR)\, the first LGBTQ artist residency in the world\, located in Cherry Grove\, on Fire Island\, NY. A visual artist and instructor of sculpture at New York University\, Bogia shares his personal work and describes the inspiration behind founding the Fire Island Artist Residency. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/shinjuku-story-exhibition-and-book-signing/
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SUMMARY:The Legendary Mermaid Mysteries Book Release Party & Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating new author\, Bettylou Neill\, as she launches her first novel\, The Legendary Mermaid Mysteries Volume 1: Emma Pearl. \nWhen Emma Pearl and her best friend\, Mia\, who have dreamt of being mermaids their entire lives\, get an old book from a mysterious man with a top hat and patch\, it leads them through a series of unimaginable events and they find themselves swept up in the current of a magical world under the sea! The two best friends discover themselves on a journey to save the Kingdom of Oceanna from destruction and unlock the mystery of its missing royal family. Dive in to the twisty\, salty tail of two girls uncovering who they are\, finding their true purpose and working together with others’ diverse purposes to help restore harmony to the sea and the island where they live. \nCan Emma and Mia overcome the obstacles in front of them\, find the eight Legendary Mermaids\, and restore the missing royal family in order to save Oceanna? \nEngage your Pearl Spirit and see what is in store. Meet the author\, hear a reading and enjoy refreshments and activities befitting a young mermaid! This event will be fun for the whole family! \nTo reserve a copy of The Legendary Mermaid Mysteries Volume 1: Emma Pearl\, please write to the Bureau at contact@bgsqd.com. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nNew author and eight-year-old\, Bettylou Neill lives in Portland\, Oregon with her parents and enjoys reading\, art\, swimming\, Drag Queens and Broadway Musicals. Her love of books began when she read her first book\, “I Am A Bunny” by Richard Scary at the age of three and it has only grown from there. She discovered her love of writing and telling stories as her imagination and dreams continued to grow along with her. Bettylou fell in love with mermaids after watching Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” and watching YouTube star\, Traci Hines’ “Life Lessons of a Hipster Mermaid”. In the Spring of 2018\, she came out of her bedroom and announced to her parents she wanted to write a fourteen-chapter novel about mermaids and over the course of the following months\, wrote “The Legendary Mermaid Mysteries Volume 1: Emma Pearl.” Bettylou is looking forward to continuing her Legendary Mermaid Mystery series and is currently writing Volume 2! \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/the-legendary-mermaid-mysteries-book-release-party-reading/
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SUMMARY:BUFFALO TRACE: A Threefold Vibration
DESCRIPTION:  \nBook launch\, reading and discussion with authors Mary Cappello\, James Morrison\, and Jean Walton. \nSet in 1980s Buffalo\, three intricate\, interrelated essays\, meditate on the limits of expression\, on the gender of ambition\, on secrecy\, eroticism\, academic time\, and snow. Combining the narrative-exegetical with the lyric-intellectual\, they evoke the process of coming-into-queerness in a time and place not always conducive to it. \n\n  \nTo reserve a copy of Buffalo Trace\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com. Thank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \n“Smart\, honest\, and beautifully written\, these three tales of grad school life in the 1980s could be called Love in the Time of Deconstruction. A hothouse world of brains\, bodies\, books\, and doubt (in Buffalo\, no less)\, it’s all a bit mad\, but in the exciting\, necessary way of life in your twenties. Buffalo Trace is a strange\, original\, wonderful book.” \n–Christopher Bram \n  \n“By following the tenderly intertwined intellectual and sexual awakenings of three friends\, Buffalo Trace eroticizes academia…. This trilogy can also be read as an ode to Buffalo\, the deeply American town that provided cover and even salvation for these three writers. Who can resist the assertion that ‘Buffalo was itself a kind of Paris of the rust belt?’ Ultimately\, this is a love story\, among friends\, lovers\, literature\, and even Buffalo.” \n–Lucy Jane Bledsoe \n  \n 
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