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SUMMARY:TELL 61: 2020 / A Virtual Event
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. \n2020 is the theme of the 61st TELL\, on Saturday\, May 9\, 2020\, 6 to 8 PM (EST). Featuring stories by Christy DeGallerie\, David Reyes\, Buzz Slutzky\, and Renair Amin. \n  \nThe event will take place on Zoom. \nThis is a free event\, but you must register on the eventbrite page in advance of the event in order to receive the Zoom meeting link.\n\nDonations for the performers are much appreciated! \nMake a donation when you register for the event on eventbrite.\n  \nPhotograph by Grace Chu\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \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 the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. 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  \nBecoming a vessel of healing wasn’t an easy process for the Pink Love Specialist\, Renair Amin. The person she is today has survived addiction\, family tragedy\, sexual assault\, depression\, grief\, divorce\, religious trauma and domestic violence. From those experiences\, Renair penned four books – Mental Silhouette\, Domestically Cursed\, Pit Crew: How to Survive a Spiritual Pit Stop and Come with Me\, Love: A 21-Day Journey into the Song of Solomon for couples. A life and relationship coach\, she has also had the privilege of speaking across the nation helping others find Pink Love in their lives. In 2018\, she was given the esteem honor of being named “Miss Full-Figured USA Miss Congeniality.” Renair completed her Doctor of Ministry degree from New York Theological Seminary in 2019. \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  \nChristy DeGallerie is a writer\, actor\, producer\, and host of the podcast It’s Not Me It’s You. \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDavid Reyes is a Latinx American comedian from New Jersey. By day\, he helps people regain control of their sexual health as a lead on Roman’s Care Team\, a health start up that helps people suffering from erectile dysfunction. By night\, he’s telling jokes and performing improv wherever they’ll let him. He enjoys long walks on the beach and watching people trip. \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  \nBuzz Slutzky is a non-binary transgender artist\, writer\, and performer whose practice incorporates drawing\, painting\, sculpture\, and video. Their visual art and writing often play between autobiographical and historical content. Lately\, they’ve been drawing mashups between instructional manuals. As a performer\, Buzz has mixed stand-up comedy and musical comedy under the persona Stoni Butchell\, among others. They currently teach film and art to 18 year olds at CUNY College of Staten Island and SUNY Purchase College. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Screening of Confederitis\, A Film by Rbt. Sps. & Jillian McManemin
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, May 30\, 7 PM EST for an online screening of Confederitis\, a collaborative film by Rbt. Sps. & Jillian McManemin\, followed by a brief Q&A with both artists\, \nConfederitis is a collaborative experimental film by Robert Spees and Jillian McManemin that melds documentary footage of rural Kentucky and Tennessee with narrative\, karaoke\, poetry and slapstick puppetry. The film follows Phocian and Faith (played by the filmmakers)\, as they form a queer love cult and distort Confederate symbology. Confederitis was shot on multiple formats and film stocks including Super 8mm\, 16mm\, Hi-8\, Betamax\, VHS\, & HD. Confederitis is a diaristic dream state that meditates on the impotence of escapism in our current political climate. \nConfederitis has been presented by Anthology Film Archives\, The Istanbul Experimental Film Festival\, The Slipper Room\, Spalding University (Louisville\, Kentucky)\, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño (Santiago\, Cuba)\, and received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Award to be screened at Circe Theater (Tbilisi\, Georgia) in January 2019. “A Prelude to a Film”\, a performance that incorporated early Confederitis footage\, was presented by Rbt. & Jillian at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division in 2015. \nRun time: 70 minutes \nThis event is free\, but the artists and the Bureau ask attendees to make a donation of $10 or more to NYC’s LGBT Community Center if you have the means to do so. \nRSVP ON EVENTBRITE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE LINK TO THE ZOOM MEETING (REQUIRED).\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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