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SUMMARY:Brett De Palma Dreaming on the Bowery: Post-Apocalyptic Paintings
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Saturday\, November 18 / 6 PM / Free\nHowl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to present Dreaming on the Bowery\, a retrospective of paintings by New York artist Brett De Palma. A representative selection of his nimble\, allegorical\, and chaotic figuration\, the works include contemporary paintings that serve as canvas for De Palma’s commentary on the current political and cultural climate\, as well as works made over the course of the last 30 years—replete with satire\, farce\, and funky humor. \nThis exhibition features a dazzling group of large-scale paintings that display a willful reticence of refinement and a handmade\, playful style. Furious scuffles of paint spawning half-smothered epic-historical subject matter synthesize a crude\, rude\, rough around the edges American brashness. Living and working in the late 70s and 80s\, he was on the downtown scene\, pulling from his experience of iconic clubs and galleries where fashion elites\, artists\, and musicians convened. This same gritty\, decaying street scene in New York was the stage for luminous friends like Jean-Michel Basquiat\, Keith Haring\, Kenny Scharf\, Julian Schnabel\, and David Salle. \nIn an early review in the New Yorker\, renowned critic Lisa Liebmann says\, “In paintings that show rare daring and a fond insubordination to painterly fashion that is healthier than mere disregard […] De Palma’s splendid\, crazed work is really wild at heart\, a lot wilder\, in fact\, than Fauve art.”\nA sharp yet playful humor and sardonic\, critical view of humankind is characteristic of De Palma’s personality and his approach to creating art—he describes his work as having no rules. As an artist\, his goal is to open possibilities rather than restrict freedom of style\, subject matter\, or technique. Through a synthesis of contradictory elements—hard edges and soft forms\, sensuality and roughness\, humor and darkness—De Palma’s art depicts the shifting quality of life in all its quirkiness. \n“For the artists who love their work and feel that it is meaningful\, productive efforts are a type of devotion\,” says De Palma. “My work flies in the face of fashion and demonstrates how the artist and poet must fight the gods of our society: the god of conformism\, as well as the gods of apathy\, material success\, and exploitative power.” \nWith each composition\, he aims to discover and express the depth of character and thought that springs from an authentic view of life\, untainted by commercial forces or the art market. In a world where the shrewd prosper and the hardworking innocents find themselves outside the system\, De Palma has resisted in solitary solidarity with his own vision—being alone\, keeping his distance\, maintaining the peace of mind necessary for listening to one’s deeper self. \nHerein lies the timeless fear that every society harbors about its artists. They are the ones who threaten the status quo that society is devoted to protecting. Such an artist is Brett De Palma. \nAbout Brett De Palma \nDe Palma worked at Sperone Westwater Fischer Gallery and was included in 1982’s Documenta 7\, curated by Dutch art historian Rudi Fuchs. He exhibited with Tony Shafrazi and Fawbush galleries. De Palma was the recipient of an NEA grant and has shown nationally and internationally. He taught advanced painting in the early 90s at Princeton and has been on the faculty of School of Visual Arts in New York for the past 28 years. From 1992 to 2005\, De Palma was also director of creative arts at VillageCare\, a Manhattan AIDS day treatment program. \n 
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/brett-de-palma-dreaming-on-the-bowery-post-apocalyptic-paintings/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery
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SUMMARY:Tomata du Plenty Coast to Coast
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition\, Panel Discussion\, and Screenings\nActor\, performer\, painter\, raconteur. Howl! Happening is pleased to present an evening celebrating the colorful coast-to-coast life of Tomata du Plenty. The show will include a one night only sale of Tomata’s watercolors from the collection of Chuck Fulton\, a slide show curated by Sandra Schulman\, and a panel discussion focusing on Tomata’s time in New York City. The panel will feature 70s era Off-Off-Broadway theater contemporaries Tish and Snooky of Manic Panic; Jack Rabid\, publisher of The Big Takeover\, who conducted one of the last interviews with Tomata; and Carlos Iglesias\, L.A. based collector and documentarian of the upcoming film on Tomata’s life. A slide show and a short film\, commissioned especially for the presentation\, will be shown. \nTomata du Plenty (1948 –2000)\, born David Xavier Harrigan\, was an artist in step with his times—careening from careers as a theater troupe founder and experimental punk band performer to multimedia artist. Born in New York and raised in California\, Tomata seized the day in San Francisco\, where he joined the Cockettes\, the legendary theater troupe in 1968. He co-founded Ze Whiz Kidz\, a lip-synch troupe\, with the late Gorilla Rose in Seattle and later performed comedy with Fayette Hauser and Gorilla at CBGB in New York\, alongside the Ramones\, and the Stilettos with a pre-Blondie Debbie Harry. \nHe made his mark with The Screamers\, a band with no guitars—just one ARP Odyssey synthesizer\, one Fender Rhodes with fuzzbox\, a minimal drum kit\, and Tomata on lead vocals. They never recorded an album but became sensations at The Masque\, the Whisky a Go Go\, and the Roxy in Los Angeles with their meticulously polished productions. \nAfter the final breakup of The Screamers in 1981\, Tomata embarked on a new career as a painter and evolved into a revered folk artist who worked the storefront gallery circuit in Seattle\, L.A.\, Miami\, New Orleans\, and San Francisco. He always said he’d sooner sell 100 of his trademark instant paintings depicting his favorite artists and other plain folks at $25 each than one at $25\,000. And that’s exactly what he did. \nPhoto: Marva Marrow
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/tomata-du-plenty-coast-to-coast/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171208T210000
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SUMMARY:Robbie O. Leaver and Jim Coleman This Wilderness
DESCRIPTION:A Musical Performance \nRobbie O. Leaver and Jim Coleman return to Howl! Happening as This Wilderness. Originally performing as Birdthrower\, they played a memorable show alongside Lydia Lunch in conjunction with Voyeur\, Beth B’s exhibition at the gallery. \nFusing darkness and humor\, intimacy and expansion\, disrupted circuitry and the whisper of breath\, the music and personality of This Wilderness is uniquely seductive and disquieting. The raw emotional quality of Leaver’s vocals combined with the ethereal and intense atmosphere of Coleman’s music create a connection with the psyche that is both profound and touching. \nAbout the Performers\nJim Coleman has a deep history in the NYC music scene. He was an integral member of the seminal post-industrial band Cop Shoot Cop. Coleman recorded and performed solo as Phylr and released Trees\, a solo album of electroacoustic ambient music. In July 2017\, he released a techno album\, No More Fear\, as J-CO on Italian house label Defora. He has scored music for independent films and television\, working with directors including Hal Hartley\, Beth B\, Todd Philips\, and Richard Kern. Music collaborations include Lydia Lunch\, J.G. Thirlwell\, and noted Italian composer Teho Teardo. Coleman currently splits his time between This Wilderness and his other band\, The Children\, a collective of musicians centered around a core collaboration with Michael Weiner and Phil Puleo. \nRobert O. Leaver is a musician\, writer\, and performance artist. He is currently recording an album of his solo acoustic project\, Birdthrower\, produced by Grammy-winner Ben Harper. He has also written for television and film\, collaborating with author Sebastian Junger as well as producer/filmmaker Larry Fessenden\, with whom he co-wrote the critically acclaimed film The Last Winter. Leaver has also written for Esquire\, Sports Afield\, Tin House\, and High Times magazines\, among others. Leaver’s performance art piece Crawling Home found him crawling the length of Manhattan on his hands and knees\, wearing his father’s vintage business suit. Another performance piece\, Hole Earth\, involved him digging and occupying holes in various locations around the world while wearing said suit. Leaver writes about his experiences. He grew up down the road from Walden Pond and is a longtime resident of Washington Heights.
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/robbie-o-leaver-and-jim-coleman-this-wilderness/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171213T190000
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SUMMARY:Tight 5
DESCRIPTION:A Comedy Series hosted by Greer Dworman \nFeaturing:\nJess Pretty\, the divine goddess of the universe\nLindsay Head with Penelope Penelopinski\nMariam Dingilian\nAnd more… \nPresented by HOWL! Happening\, Tight 5 is a comedy series curated and hosted by comedian and performer Greer Dworman. A come-as-you-are comedy show billed with performers willing to try stand-up for the first time ever. Universally agreed upon as the scariest thing anyone will ever do (questionably an exaggeration)\, Tight 5 prompts performers to “Try it. Just try it!” or “Let go and let god!” \nGreer Dworman is a Chicago-born now Brooklyn-based performer and maker. Her work has been presented in venues across Chicago and now emerging within the New York performance community as part of CATCH\, Movement Research at the Judson Church\, SHELTER Talk Series\, Salonathon Chicago\, and Brink! at Dixon Place\, among others. \nDworman presently and passionately investigates comedy and pop culture in her work\, grappling with larger ideas in the world located in personal narrative\, concerning herself with the Right Now. \nShe received her BFA in Dance Making from the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago.
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/greer-dworman-tight-5-2017-12-13/2017-12-13/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171215T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171215T210000
DTSTAMP:20260605T092833
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SUMMARY:Daniel Wolff Grown-Up Anger
DESCRIPTION:The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan\, Woody Guthrie\, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913 \nDiscussion in conjunction with Brett De Palma exhibition \nHe is a deliberately seditious artist who refuses to make his subject and palette soothing and acceptable. Everything about his work is impolitic and eye-catching: an unlikely combination that has a particular frisson to it. Given the bitter tonic of reality we must drink every day; De Palma’s disjunctive miscellany feels right. —John Yau\, “Brett De Palma’s Aesthetic Disobedience”\, from the exhibition catalog \nDrawing parallels to the social criticism in Brett De Palma’s paintings on view at the gallery and to the current political climate\, Grammy-nominated and award-winning author Daniel Wolff will speak on his latest book\, Grown-up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan\, Woody Guthrie\, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913\, hailed by The New York Times as an “elegantly written and insightful cultural history” and which The Wall Street Journal calls a “gripping account…[that] blasts through layers of American history.” \nThe loss of innocence is one thing. It’s inevitable\, happens to all of us\, may even offer a chance to learn. The slaughter of innocence is something else. It comes forward carrying more than we can count\, crazed with color\, infiltrating the future. —Daniel Wolff\, from his essay in the Brett De Palma exhibition catalog \n 
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/daniel-wolff-grown-up-anger/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Book Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171218T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171218T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T092833
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SUMMARY:Actors Fund Insurance Drop In Workshop
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Insurance Doctor Is In! \nQuestions about a health insurance bill? \nDon’t understand your insurance and can’t get a straight answer? \nNeed some advice on how to negotiate medical debt? \nOur insurance expert will answer your questions during a one-on-one consultation. Vincent Musolino\, Health Benefits Specialist at the Artists Health Insurance Resource Center\, is an unbiased Navigator with the NY State of Health Marketplace and has over 12 years of medical billing and insurance experience. \nConsultations are about 20 minutes and by appointment only. \nPlease RSVP to vmusolino@actorsfund.org with Subject: Insurance Doctor Is In \nAlso\, bring any documents in question (bills\, explanations of benefits\, your insurance policy)! \n 
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/actors-fund-insurance-drop-in-workshop-3-2016-12-19-2017-07-05-2017-12-11/2017-12-18/
LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171219T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171219T160000
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SUMMARY:Actors Fund Affordable Housing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that New York City is planning to build or preserve 300\,000 units of affordable housing by 2026? This two-hour seminar for performing-arts and entertainment professionals provides an overview of government-subsidized housing in New York City\, which is available for both low- and middle-income households. Complex information is broken down into simple\, straightforward steps. While the applicant pool for these affordable units is highly competitive\, this seminar will help you avoid common mistakes and get organized and prepared to apply. The following questions will be addressed: \nHow do you find and apply for affordable housing? \nWhat are the eligibility requirements? (Income\, household size\, credit\, housing history\, etc.) \nHow does a housing lottery work? \nCan you get on a waiting list? \nHow do you document your income if it fluctuates year to year? \nHow can you best prepare yourself for an interview? \nWhat are your options if you are denied? \n 
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/2565-2016-12-20-2017-06-06-2017-12-12/
LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171220T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171220T190000
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SUMMARY:Holiday Cheer on the Poetry Jukebox
DESCRIPTION:Party and Closing of Brett De Palma’s show \nJoin us as we bid 2017 adieu and celebrate a great year at Howl! Happening. Drop in for holiday refreshments\, welcome the holidays with the best of our Cool Bowery Sounds now on the Poetry Jukebox just outside the Howl! Gallery at Extra Place. \nThe celebration will be followed live by Bear 54\, in honor of Allen Ginsberg’s collaboration with the late Arthur Russel and the closing of Brett De Palma’s masterful painting exhibition\, Dreaming on the Bowery.
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/holiday-cheer-on-the-poetry-jukebox/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171220T210000
DTSTAMP:20260605T092833
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SUMMARY:Bear 54
DESCRIPTION:Closing Concert for Brett De Palma’s Dreaming the Bowery \nTo close out 2017\, Howl Happening is pleased to present a special concert by Bear 54 celebrating Brett De Palma’s passionate painting exhibition and the spirit of the Lower Eastside. This evening is marked by a special camaraderie: Ernie Brooks of Bear 54 and bassist for the Modern Lovers\, is an old friend of De Palma’s having met in late 60’s Boston when the Modern Lovers played for a party he gave in Jamaica Plain. “The biggest loft I’ve ever seen\, the wildest gig we ever did\,” says Brooks. \nSurrounded by De Palma’s paintings\, Bear 54 brings to life the band members’ close collaboration with the late Arthur Russell whose work forms a bond between them and defines a considerable part of the group’s repertoire\, both songs and instrumentals. Russell’s life and music was closely tied to the lower east side. The apartment where he lived on East 12th between 1st and A was always full of musicians and poets. For years when Russell couldn’t afford to pay his electric bill\, he kept the power on by rigging an extension cord that ran down the front of the building and into Allen Ginsberg’s apartment. “The image of that lives for me as a symbol of an era in the East village\, says Brooks\, “and the spirit that Howl! Arts strives to capture and carry forward—a spirit that informs Brett’s painting as it does this band’s roots\,” \nBear 54\nJoyce Bowden: Guitar and Vocals\nErnie Brooks: Bass and Vocals\nBill Ruyle: Hammer Dulcimer and Drums\nLarry Saltzman: Guitar\nPeter Zummo: Trombone and Vocals \nAbout ERNIE BROOKS\nAn original member of Modern Lovers\, he moved to NYC in mid 70’s started long enduring collaborations with Arthur Russell\, Peter Zummo\, Rhys Chatham\, Peter Gordon and others of the downtown music world. He has worked with David Johansen\, Glen Branca\, Elliott Murphy\, Gary Lucas\, Chris Spedding\, Jerry Harrison and many others\, including artist Robert Longo.
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/bear-54-2/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171221
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180110
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SUMMARY:Howl! Is Closed - Have a Great Holiday
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URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/howl-is-closed-have-a-great-holiday/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Samoa Candy Coated Evil
DESCRIPTION:An Exhibition Curated by Kembra Pfahler\nOpening Reception: Wednesday\, January 10\, 6–8 PM \nIn a poisoned\, jaded world\, this show is a limitless panacea. Samoa’s vocabulary is so innately understandable by anyone with a heart that still beats. And loved by those of us who understand that art and music and performance can create change\, rather than just swell our pockets or decorate our rooms. It’s art that serves a purpose\, and Samoa’s work does just that—one show at a time.  —Kembra Pfahler \nHowl! Happening is pleased to present Candy Coated Evil\, a solo exhibition by the multifaceted Samoa\, curated by artist and performer Kembra Pfahler. The exhibition encompasses the full range of Samoa’s diverse art forms—an installation recreating his now-legendary Candy Coated Evil store\, which opened in 1996 within East Village landmark The Pink Pony; costumes and props from his performances and music groups; and paintings that capture his deep experience of living in New York City. \nA major element of the artist’s show are live events—performances by Samoa and Kembra Pfahler\, as well as a panel discussion\, and an evening of video and film. (See dates below.) \nBorn in Hiroshima\, Japan\, he formed his first rock band\, Johnny\, while still in high school and curated numerous music events before moving to Tokyo\, where he acted in underground theater and TV dramas. Doing extreme performance in Tokyo in the late 70s\, he invented his name—imagining Samoa as an idyllic paradise where he’d someday live. It was in Japan that he began creating his flamboyant costumes. He won a grand prize in 1978 at a popular disco in Tokyo\, dressed as a large can of roach spray while surrounded by a coterie of friends in cockroach costumes. He moved to New York in 1980. \nIn the Candy Coated Evil exhibition\, Samoa constructs his experiences of coming to the dystopic landscape of the Lower East Side. As Pfahler puts it\, he’s “a heroic artist and immigrant without the word ‘fear’ in his vocabulary.” The complex emotions he expresses about this experience can be seen throughout his work. \nRadical and outrageous\, he has been an active participant in extreme alternative interdisciplinary art culture for decades. He was one of the first performers at the Pyramid Cocktail Lounge—where he learned English by performing with friends Tanya Ransom and Frederic\, and watching early performances by legends like Ethyl Eichelberger and John Sex—a first wave of punk performance heroes that are historicized widely in the art world today. He stood out singing and playing his original music on his signature Gibson guitar at Wigstock in the early 80s; in 1984\, his rock opera\, Under the Bad Star\, premiered at La MaMa. The opera featured his over-the-top sets and costumes; the backing band included members of the alternative post-punk band Jawbreaker. Many of his wildly eccentric costumes and other DIY artifacts from this period will be on display. \nIn 1990—with Pfahler—he founded the legendary theatrical shock rock band The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black. Samoa was responsible for writing all the music for the band\, which continues to wreak havoc wherever they perform today. As much a theatrical troupe as a band\, New York’s TVHKB (named in homage to the B-movie scream queen) mixes their punk roots with elements of vaudeville\, psychotronic films\, and futuristic burlesque to arrive at their signature identity. \nIn his paintings\, the subjects he chooses to portray—James Baldwin\, Nina Simone\, First Nation Chief Wolf Robe\, Ken Takakura (a Yakuza movie star)\, and many more—draw attention to racial and social issues in vivid color\, with bold images that capture the hopes\, fears\, wonder\, and pain of his American experience. \nIn curator Pfahler’s words: “The oddness that emerges…his particular type of rage at the injustice that inhabits our world sneaks beautifully into every crevice of his canvases. Not unlike his songwriting and costume making…it’s all Samoa…part prophetic soothsaying and part gilded advertisement for a new world….” \nPERFORMANCES AND LIVE EVENTS\nSaturday\, January 13: Performance by Kembra Pfahler and a performance by Samoa\nSunday\, January 14: Panel discussion\nThursday\, January 18: Video/film screening\nThursday\, February 8: Samoa performance\nSunday\, February 11: Closing night ceremony \nAbout Samoa \nAbout Kembra Pfahler
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/samoa-candy-coated-evil/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180113T210000
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SUMMARY:Samoa and Kembra Pfahler Living Will
DESCRIPTION:An Evening of Performances\nLiving Will brings Samoa and Kembra together to present their “unbrandable brand of performance”—sharing stories and surprising new identities and characters with memorable gravity—while remaining uniquely and inimitably themselves! Samoa and Kembra first met and performed together in the early 80’s at the Pyramid\, Danceteria\, Limbo\, ABC No Rio\, and other legendary clubs. \nTo celebrate the opening of Samoa’s exhibition Candy Coated Evil\, the artist will present Pornocchio 2017\, an updated version of a piece he performed throughout the 80s and 90s on the club circuit. A strange and disturbing tale of love between Diet Pepsi and a little doll called Linda\, Pornocchio showcases Samoa’s multivalent talents. \nKembra revises Ghost Having a Ghost\, her first performance at ABC No Rio. She will also perform two classic numbers—Bowling Ball Piece and 917-803-7178. The costumes\, music\, and props for these pieces were all created by Samoa and Kembra. \nFor the climax of this epic night\, the two will present Living Will\, a piece that delivers the surprise and shock that Karen Black enthusiasts crave\, with new text by Kembra\, and music and props by Samoa. As the title suggests\, the finale is a moving\, poignant\, and poetic rumination on life and death. Not to be missed! \nYou know when you’re stricken\, you’re stricken quickly\,\nSo we not die like you lived\nRi tu al is tic al leeeeeee\nShrink and freeze my head\nTurn it into a cane\nBurn my body\nScatter the remains\nTake my ashes to Bali\nI can’t afford to go now\nRi tu al is tic ah leeeeee\n—Lyrics from Living Will \n 
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/samoa-and-kembra-pfahler-living-will/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibition
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180114T180000
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SUMMARY:Samoa Candy Coated Evil Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:With Samoa\, Kembra Pfahler\, Brian Luman\, Spencer Sweeney\, and Militia Vox\n  \nHello everyone\, welcome to Samoa’s first one-person show\, which I helped organize at Howl! Happening. We decided to have a panel discussion during the Candy Coated Evil show where we spoke about Samoa’s work\, but the artist himself wants us to talk about OUR work as an artistic\, activist community. \nPhotographer Brian Luman\, a champion of water preservation\, will be one of the panelists. As he puts it regarding his own state of affairs: “I’m someplace between who I was and what I hope to become. A year ago\, something happened to me on the land of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. I saw what I could be. I saw what I always imagined we could be together. I saw that Water is the thing that unites us with the land and each other.” Without clean water there is no survival…nowhere for flowers to live. In Samoa’s words\, there would be “no place to abide by and preserve\, to love and have life exist.” \nPainter Spencer Sweeney and singer Militia Vox will also serve as panelists. Two other sorts of activists—although I doubt they’d call themselves that\, please forgive me—but what you both do truly activates people. Let’s give the word “activist” a little modernity for the sake of our visit on the 14th of January. \nMilitia is the 4-octave-range vocalist for an all-female homage band called Judas Priestess. Like athletes\, these girls pump their way through songs like swimmers going fast in ice-cold water—with fierceness and fearlessness—doing something most people would be afraid to do. When I was a kid\, I would sing along to Rob Halford…it’s really hard to sing Judas Priest songs. A classically-trained pianist\, Militia has played with the likes of Cyndi Lauper and Nancy Sinatra. One of my favorite quotes from Militia is “disgrace your stereotypes.” \nSpencer has a history as someone who has\, for decades\, provided spaces for people to activate their right to express themselves. He’s been ahead of the art game as a revered painter with a strong connection to community. To have an actual space to create community\, Spencer created a venue in the early 2000s—Santos Party House. Like they say in Hawaii\, he manifested this place to life\, generating a million fantastic\, memorable nights a chalkboard could never erase. He launched a dance party called 718 Sessions\, featuring old-school DJs from historical clubs like The Paradise Garage and having them interact with younger DJs and musicians. Lately\, Spencer’s focus has been on producing a free\, intergenerational drawing night with live free-jazz musicians from legendary groups such as Sun Ra…coming in to blow the minds of all that stay and draw and share their techniques with one another. I say drawing is a rapidly-growing\, vital form of communication\, important in these years where we are being convinced by the media that all is well if we are indulge in brands forced by greedy capitalists\, intent on contaminating the tears—the Water—falling from our eyes. \nSamoa asked if we could bring Performance Art 101\, the Know Wave radio show I’ve been doing for a couple of years\, to Howl! Happening and feature the panel discussion within the program. He likes the circle we form when we speak to each other in the show. There’s no hierarchy like there would be on a regular talk show. No leaders\, just a group of people sharing their experiences and how they got to do what they do. As a young girl\, I went to an art school called School of Visual Arts…what I wanted to speak about on Performance Art 101 was essentially everything that I didn’t get out of the school. (Brian\, unsurprisingly\, had a similar feeling about going to school to become an artist….) When I was asked in art school to define what I was\, I said “availabist\,” or someone that makes the best use of what is available. \nWhen you are an artist\, you do your work. You work within the scope of sharing production tools and many unwritten codes. I think Brian Luman\, Militia Vox\, and Spencer Sweeney make up for a very astute trio of experience sharing…all with the impetus to do music\, art\, or activism as a way of “cultural preservation\,” like Spencer says. \nAnd so\, these three artists will answer questions from visitors to Howl! Happening on January 14th at 4 p.m.\, for the recording of a Performance Art 101 radio show. Spencer’s going to Glasgow and Beijing for some art shows\, Melish is working on records and touring\, and Brian has been most generous with his time to help “memorganize”—wait\, that’s a computer word accident…thanks Apple…you fucking big brother type of rotten unhatched egg. Brian’s helped me think through and speak about this day…so\, thanks again. \nReminding us to consider our similarities and not our differences\, and also that we can only speak about things we’ve actually experienced\, I express with grace and humility that I will “minulate”—a tinier version of “moderate”—the panel. As I said before\, there’s no moderator\, there are no leaders—we are looking for consensus on decisions which change the way we relate to time. \nBrian\, we are all so excited to hear about your travel experiences; Militia you’ve been so graceful with your willingness to speak with all of us at Howl! And thank you Spencer for coming to Samoa’s panel as well. \nThank you so much\,\nKembra Pfahler TVHKB\nand SAMOA
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/samoa-candy-coated-evil-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibition
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180116T160000
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SUMMARY:Actors Fund Affordable Housing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that New York City is planning to build or preserve 300\,000 units of affordable housing by 2026? This two-hour seminar for performing-arts and entertainment professionals provides an overview of government-subsidized housing in New York City\, which is available for both low- and middle-income households. Complex information is broken down into simple\, straightforward steps. While the applicant pool for these affordable units is highly competitive\, this seminar will help you avoid common mistakes and get organized and prepared to apply. The following questions will be addressed: \nHow do you find and apply for affordable housing? \nWhat are the eligibility requirements? (Income\, household size\, credit\, housing history\, etc.) \nHow does a housing lottery work? \nCan you get on a waiting list? \nHow do you document your income if it fluctuates year to year? \nHow can you best prepare yourself for an interview? \nWhat are your options if you are denied? \n 
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/2565-2016-12-20-2017-06-06-2017-12-12-2018-02-20/2018-01-16/
LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180116T180000
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SUMMARY:Actors Fund Insurance Drop In Workshop
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Insurance Doctor Is In! \nQuestions about a health insurance bill? \nDon’t understand your insurance and can’t get a straight answer? \nNeed some advice on how to negotiate medical debt? \nOur insurance expert will answer your questions during a one-on-one consultation. Vincent Musolino\, Health Benefits Specialist at the Artists Health Insurance Resource Center\, is an unbiased Navigator with the NY State of Health Marketplace and has over 12 years of medical billing and insurance experience. \nConsultations are about 20 minutes and by appointment only. \nPlease RSVP to vmusolino@actorsfund.org with Subject: Insurance Doctor Is In \nAlso\, bring any documents in question (bills\, explanations of benefits\, your insurance policy)! \n 
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/actors-fund-insurance-drop-in-workshop-3-2016-12-19-2017-07-05-2017-12-11/2018-01-16/
LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180117T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180117T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180103T180840Z
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SUMMARY:The Actors Fund Every Artist Insured
DESCRIPTION:Finding Affordable Coverage in a Changing Insurance Landscape\nCan’t make heads or tails of the news about health care changes and want to know how they affect New Yorkers? \nNeed some advice on whether you qualify for free insurance\, or the $20/mo plan? \nWondering when Open Enrollment starts and ends? (Spoiler: it’s probably not when you think) \nThen this session is for you! \nThis free workshop will help you understand ‘Obamacare’ and the proposed changes\, provide you with clear guidance on what all your options are\, and answer your burning questions! Open to anyone in visual and performing arts and entertainment. \nPlease note: This seminar does not provide information about Medicare enrollment. \nQuestions answered include: \n·          What are my options in 2018?\n·          How could changes affect me?\n·          How much will plans cost in 2018?\n·          Am I eligible for a subsidy or the $20/mo plan?\n·          Am I eligible for free insurance?\n·          How do I estimate sporadic income?\n·          How do I pick a plan?\n·          Where do I get care if I’m uninsured?
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/the-actors-fund-every-artist-insured-2016-12-12-2017-01-12-2017-12-06/2018-01-17/
LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180118T210000
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SUMMARY:Samoa and Kembra Pfahler Video and Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Samoa and curator Kembra Pfahler host an evening of films in conjunction with Candy Coated Evil\, including Samoa’s shorts My Way to Hell and Until the Day I Die\, as well as performance videos from the 80s and music videos by their band The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black. \nMy Way to Hell is the story of a character named Karen\, who is obsessed with fame and tries to lead her band into stardom—but the band members have no intention to follow her wishes. Brokenhearted\, she goes into a dark depression. The film features trans star Jack Curious\, Samoa\, Kari Krome\, Walter Cassidy III\, Amanda Pollock\, Dick Manitoba\, and Kembra. \nUntil the Day I Die is the story of a female Jesus rising against an evil dot com CEO\, who wants to control the world by forcing commercial power upon civilians while the corporate media and puppet politicians are blindfolding the public. Jesus fights back with special powers\, recruiting people for massive anti-corporate demonstrations. The battle beings…but is there any hope for saving humanity? The film stars Leslie Matuko Molson\, Jim Graham\, and Dave Buchwald. \nThe music video program features “Mr. Corporation” by The Lonely Samoans. Samoa describes this number as “the hit country song” from the band’s first album Here Come the Lonely Samoans\, which addresses the hypocritical existence of young professionals in a corporate world. \nThe evening will also include a screening of music videos by The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black\, including the rare “Chopsley Rabid Bikini Model”\, a video clip filmed in the late 90s when the band toured with The Cramps and Alice Cooper and opened a stadium show in Las Vegas. When Academy Award-nominated director Simeon Soffer caught wind of the buzz\, he offered to meet the band in Vegas to make a video. \nFor the filming\, Simeon rented a $25-an-hour helicopter: Kembra and Samoa got dressed up and held on to dear life\, flying around filming the other band members. The video is high-caliber Karen Black—strange couture classic rock\, with Samoa donning his Candy Coated Evil designs. An alternate version of the video\, made for MTV Europe\, will also be shown. This iteration features a handcrafted set by Ned Ambler\, and Samoa in more amazing Candy Coated Evil outfits\, playing a futuristic robot-musician who plugs electric guitar chords into his own flesh while Kembra freestyles directional\, non-melodic vocals. \n“Mr. Twilight”\, TVHOKB’s first video\, will also be projected. Directed by the legendary Steve Daughton\, the clip employs his self-taught color modification techniques\, which later on became a paradigm in low-tech video making. Michael Wilson\, the “Tattoo Man”\, appears in the video alongside Kembra and Samoa. Wilson was a part of The Voluptuous Horror throughout the 90s\, and has since passed on due to complications with diabetes. \nPhoto credit: Michael Levine
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/samoa-and-kembra-pfahler-video-and-film-screening/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180121T210000
DTSTAMP:20260605T092833
CREATED:20171220T203831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171230T145445Z
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SUMMARY:Amy Lawless and Angela Veronica Wong
DESCRIPTION:Publication Party for Two New Poetry Collections \nHowl! Happening is pleased to celebrate the publication of two new poetry collections: Angela Veronica Wong’s elsa: an unauthorized autobiography\, published by Black Radish Books\, and Amy Lawless’ Broadax\, published by Octopus Books. \nWong’s elsa: an unauthorized autobiography unfolds the story of a fictional 18th-century French demimondaine and mistress of Louis XV. Meditating on gender\, identity\, and the precariousness of women’s lives against the scrim of patriarchal power and capital\, the foils of the sonnet form and storytelling shape Wong’s critique. Both adhering to and breaking the structures of rhyme and meter—like Elsa wearing and divesting herself of corset and panniers—Wong’s sonnets shift between the politics of the French court and the streets of New York. Navigating the shoals of female embodiment\, the poems slip between then and now\, narrated and narrator. \nAmy Lawless takes inspiration from Annie Dillard\, who writes in her essay The Death of the Moth\, “You can’t be anything else. You must go at your life with a broadax.” In her new book\, Lawless goes at her life in an attempt to understand the pain and how to live in this fucked-up world. Broadax begins in the guileless moments of the poet’s childhood and constellates outward\, only to return to the same life through adult eyes. Lawless reflects on her life with the help of The Incredible Hulk\, Prince\, Žižek\, Mishima\, and especially her family. \nPublisher’s Weekly on elsa: “Wong explores the confines and contradictions of patriarchy\, the injustices of imperialism and class division\, and the fever-pitch potential of revolution. […] The poems and the relationships described therein witness intersecting sex and violence; there are predators and prey\, though these designations are constantly in flux and precarious in the face of revolt. […] As an imagined history\, this book is rich with sensory detail and shrewd interpersonal politics; as a screed on the perpetual cycle of objectification\, it is timely and stirring.” \nPublishers Weekly on Broadax: “Lawless’s ax strikes at misogyny and its inherent brutality in this exceedingly clever collection on being fearless in a world where fear is weaponized to keep women compliant.” \nAbout Amy Lawless and Broadax\nAmy Lawless is the author of two books of poems\, including My Dead (Octopus Books). Her third poetry collection Broadax is forthcoming in the fall from Octopus Books. A chapbook\, A Woman Alone\, is just out from Sixth Finch Books. With Chris Cheney\, she is the author of the hybrid book I Cry: The Desire to Be Rejected\, from the Pioneer Works Press Groundworks series (2016). Lawless’ poems have been anthologized in Best American Poetry 2013\, the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day: 365 Poems for Every Occasion\, and the Brooklyn Poets Anthology (Brooklyn Arts Press). Poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in The Volta\, Washington Square Review\, Bennington Review\, jubilat\, The Inquisitive Eater\, and elsewhere. She received a poetry fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2011 and lives in Brooklyn. \nAbout Angela Veronica Wong and elsa\nAngela Veronica Wong is a poet\, writer\, artist\, and educator based in New York City. Her most recent book of poetry is elsa: an unauthorized autobiography (Black Radish Books\, 2017). Chapbooks include the Poetry Society of America New York Chapbook Fellowship winner Dear Johnny\, In Your Last Letter. Poems have been anthologized in Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next Generation and Best American Poetry (in collaboration with Amy Lawless). Wong’s fiction has appeared in the Denver Quarterly\, Duende\, and smoking glue gun. Her performance work has been featured in independent galleries in Buffalo\, Toronto\, and New York. She was named a Poets & Writers debut poet for her first book of poems\, how to survive a hotel fire.
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/amy-lawless-and-angela-veronica-wong/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Book Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180124T210000
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SUMMARY:Rene Ricard Four Years On
DESCRIPTION:With Raymond Foye\, Easy Keys\, Gerard Malanga\, Anne Waldman\, Richard Hell\, Anselm Berrigan and More \nHowl! Happening is pleased to present Four Years On\, a multimedia evening organized by Rene Ricard’s close friend\, publisher\, and executor Raymond Foye. As we approach the fourth year of Ricard’s death\, interest in the work of this poet\, painter\, and critic continues to grow. A mainstay of the New York art scene\, Ricard starred in numerous Warhol films\, including Chelsea Girls (1966). \nThe evening includes a live performance by Brooklyn-based band Easy Keys\, who will perform songs from their new LP\, Rene Ricard. This album sets to music Ricard’s poems of tragic love\, jealousy and betrayal\, drugs and dissipation—and the poet’s redemption through writing and art. The celebration also commemorates the new bilingual edition of Ricard’s first book\, 1979-1980\, published by Éditions Lutanie in Paris\, which was edited and translated by publisher Manon Lutanie\, and Rachel Valinsky\, an independent curator and writer based in Brooklyn. \nRaymond Foye will interview legendary poet and writer Gerard Malanga\, who was responsible for collecting and editing Rene Ricard: 1979-1980 when he was director of publications at Dia. Rene Ricard’s first public reading in New York was with Malanga\, at Izzy Young’s Folklore Center in 1965. \nSpecial guest readers will include Anne Waldman\, Richard Hell\, Anselm Berrigan and others to be announced. A short film starring Rene Ricard by Rita Barros will also be screened. \nwww.easykeysworld.com/music
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/rene-ricard-four-years-on/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180131T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180131T163000
DTSTAMP:20260605T092833
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SUMMARY:Full Moon Show
DESCRIPTION:Every Month on The Full Moon\n4pm Sharp\n  \nAbout Tom Murrin and the Full Moon Show \nHowl! Happening houses the archives of the late Tom Murrin. Murrin\, aka the Alien Comic\, is known as the Godfather of Performance Art. Every full moon\, Tom performed the Full Moon Show in honor of his moon goddess\, Luna Macaroona. When he had a club date that fell on the full moon\, he’d wrangle his friends to perform as his guests—pushing the careers of such groundbreaking performers as David Cale\, David Sedaris\, Amy Sedaris\, Blue Man Group\, Ethyl Eichelberger\, Lisa Kron and many others. When dateless and unbooked\, he’d perform on the street for passersby\, transforming the pedestrian atmosphere with his madness and magic. Howl! Happening’s monthly series continues that tradition\, with performances in the gallery and surprise pop up performances on the street. \nAbout The Tom Murrin Archive \nHowl! Happening is the repository of the Tom Murrin Archive comprising masks\, costumes\, scripts\, correspondence\, photographs\, and tapes of performances going back to the early 70s. Murrin (February 8\, 1939 – March 12\, 2012) also known as The Alien Comic and Jack Bump\, was a performance pioneer whose life and work inspired both artists and audiences for over 40 years. He was a member of the first generation of La MaMa playwrights. Tom wrote four plays performed through La MaMa and produced by John Vacarro’s Playhouse of the Ridiculous\, including the offbeat hit\, Cock Strong\, which toured with Ellen Stewart’s La MaMa Troupe to Paris\, Amsterdam and Brussels. \nTom began to perform under the name Alien Comic\, opening for acclaimed punk bands in rock clubs such as CBGBs and Max’s Kansas City. As Alien Comic he performed in such venues as The Pyramid\, 8BC\, King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut\, Performance Space 122\, Dixon Place\, La MaMa\, and more. From the mid 80’s on\, he created\, performed\, and curated a series of variety nights at Performance Space 122\, La Mama Experimental Theatre Club and Dixon Place\, called The Full Moon Show. His plays Sport-Fuckers and Butt-Crack Bingo were produced at Theater for the New City and La MaMa and directed by David Levine. Tom was the first performance artist to appear on stage at the original Dixon Place location at 37 East First Street in 1986. \nThe Full Moon Show is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement / Creative Learning\, supported by New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. LMCC.net \nPhoto copyright Jim R Moore (www.vaudevisuals.com)
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/the-full-moon-show-2016-11-16-2017-01-14-2017-07-14-2017-08-07-2017-12-03-2018-01-31/2018-01-31/
LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180131T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180131T163000
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SUMMARY:The Mayhem Moon
DESCRIPTION:A Stinkmetal and May Production\nIn homage to Tom Murrin’s Luna Macaroona Full Moon Shows\nProduction Director: Tony Stinkmetal\nFrom the luminous minds of the MAYHEM sisters Salley May and Nancy May Perry comes this skeleton key to the locks that keep you in and out. Performed by Agosto Machado\, Pedro J. Rosado\, Jr.\, Annie Lanzillotto\, Aru Hangar\, Simba Yangala\, Nina Ndjemba Elemva\, Salley May and Tony Stinkmetal. The Mayhem Moon will take place in the gallery at 7 PM (instead of the sidewalk shows at 4). \nYou know that dream? The one where you’re on a prison planet and the inmates only know one joke…\nThe one where an ICE agent\, a doctor\, and a scary clown walk into a bar and the bartender says\, “Why the long shadow?”\nThen come the birds. They’re crashing against the windows.\nYou open the window to let them out. They fly free.\nYou try to follow them but the bars are too close together.\nAnd you’re locked out.\nThe Mayhem Moon will punch that dream in the face.\nInsiders will be exiled\, inmates will take office\, jesters will ascend to the throne. \nMAYHEM is coming to the rescue. \n  \nAbout Tom Murrin and the Full Moon Show \nHowl! Happening houses the archives of Tom Murrin. Murrin\, aka the Alien Comic\, is known as the Godfather of Performance Art. Every full moon\, Tom performed the Full Moon Show in honor of his moon goddess\, Luna Macaroona. When he had a club date that fell on the full moon\, he’d wrangle his friends to perform as his guests—pushing the careers of such groundbreaking performers as David Cale\, David Sedaris\, Amy Sedaris\, Blue Man Group\, Ethyl Eichelberger\, Lisa Kron and many others. If not\, he performed on the street for passersby\, transforming the pedestrian atmosphere with his madness and magic. Howl! Happening’s monthly series continues that tradition\, with performances in the gallery and surprise pop up performances on the street. \nAbout The Tom Murrin Archive \nHowl! Happening is the repository of the Tom Murrin Archive comprising masks\, costumes\, scripts\, correspondence\, photographs\, and tapes of performances going back to the early 70s. Murrin (February 8\, 1939 – March 12\, 2012) also known as The Alien Comic and Jack Bump\, was a performance pioneer whose life and work inspired both artists and audiences for over 40 years. He was a member of the first generation of La MaMa playwrights. Tom wrote four plays performed through La MaMa and produced by John Vacarro’s Play-House of the Ridiculous\, including the offbeat hit\, Cock Strong\, which toured with Ellen Stewart’s La MaMa Troupe to Paris\, Amsterdam and Brussels. \nUnder the guidance of rock manager Jane Friedman\, Tom began to perform under the name Alien Comic\, opening for acclaimed punk bands in rock clubs such as CBGBs and Max’s Kansas City. As Alien Comic he performed in such venues as The Pyramid\, 8BC\, King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut\, Performance Space 122\, Dixon Place\, La MaMa\, and more. Since the mid 80s\, he’s created\, performed\, and curated a series of variety nights at Performance Space 122\, and La Mama Experimental Theatre Club and Dixon Place\, called The Full Moon Show. His plays Sport-Fuckers and Butt-Crack Bingo were produced at Theater for the New City and La MaMa and directed by David Levine. Tom was the first performance artist to appear on stage at the original Dixon Place location at 37 East First Street in 1986. \nPhoto copyright Eric McNatt 2016
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/the-full-moon-show-2016-11-16-2017-01-14-2017-07-14-2017-08-07-2017-12-03/2018-01-31/
LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:Tight 5
DESCRIPTION:A Comedy Series hosted by Greer Dworman \nFeaturing:\nAlex Rodabaugh\nSara Gibbons\nDoug LeCours\nRachael Warner \nPresented by HOWL! Happening\, Tight 5 is a comedy series curated and hosted by comedian and performer Greer Dworman. A come-as-you-are comedy show billed with performers willing to try stand-up for the first time ever. Universally agreed upon as the scariest thing anyone will ever do (questionably an exaggeration)\, Tight 5 prompts performers to “Try it. Just try it!” or “Let go and let god!” \nGreer Dworman is a Chicago-born now Brooklyn-based performer and maker. Her work has been presented in venues across Chicago and now emerging within the New York performance community as part of CATCH\, Movement Research at the Judson Church\, SHELTER Talk Series\, Salonathon Chicago\, and Brink! at Dixon Place\, among others. \nDworman presently and passionately investigates comedy and pop culture in her work\, grappling with larger ideas in the world located in personal narrative\, concerning herself with the Right Now. \nShe received her BFA in Dance Making from the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago.
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/greer-dworman-tight-5-2017-12-13-2018-01-31/2018-01-31/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180208T210000
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SUMMARY:The Lonely Samoans
DESCRIPTION:Performance with Special Surprise Guests\nIn conjunction with his exhibition Candy Coated Evil\, Samoa brings The Lonely Samoans\, his off-beat country band\, to perform live at Howl! Happening. Why country music\, you ask? “It is a perfect vehicle to express the daily struggle and despair of a poor American life like mine\,” says Samoa. “Also\, country music could use a little yellow blood\,” he adds. The performance illustrates important aspects of Samoa’s exhibition: the intersection of performance and social commentary in his work\, and his very particular take on American cultural institutions and icons as seen through the eyes of an outsider. \nSamoa was born in a tiny fishing village in Hiroshima\, Japan\, with a wandering soul. While watching the moon landing on TV\, he promised himself he would one day seek opportunity in the land of the free—America. Along the way\, he discovered that in this land the rich get richer and the poor get poorer\, while independent ideas and colorful cultures are replaced by corporate logos. “It was time to make a stand for myself\,” Samoa says. He carefully assembled top-notch musicians to stand up and fight back. \nThe Lonely Samoans deliver their unique take on modern country music—heavy-handed political messages delivered in a barely comprehensible accent—with bits of love and heartbreak and a hilarious sense of humor. \n 
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/the-lonely-samoans/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180216T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180216T213000
DTSTAMP:20260605T092833
CREATED:20180124T174438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180124T174438Z
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SUMMARY:Third Eye Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 2nd annual Third Eye Film Festival will showcase 34 films in horror\, fantasy\, and spiritual genres from 9 different countries. Of these selections\, 24 films were created by female filmmakers! \nOur selected films were created predominantly by female-identifying Directors or Cinematographers as represented by our Female Eye category. We are proud to break stigmas by elevating powerful female-driven content in genre filmmaking. TEFF also endorses unconventional storytelling with our Spiritual category. This category is home to genre-fluid films about humanity\, the intangible\, and what lies beyond\, supporting the marriage of art and personal truths. \nDon’t miss your chance to check out this amazing lineup of ‘otherwordly’ films! \nFebruary 16–18\, 2018\n2/16 5:30PM – 9:30PM\n2/17 4PM – 8:30PM\n2/18 2:30PM – 7PM\nScreenings will start 30 mins after doors open. \nFREE Admission! \nFor more info: www.thirdeyefilmfest.com
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/third-eye-film-festival-2/2018-02-16/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180217T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180217T203000
DTSTAMP:20260605T092833
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SUMMARY:Third Eye Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 2nd annual Third Eye Film Festival will showcase 34 films in horror\, fantasy\, and spiritual genres from 9 different countries. Of these selections\, 24 films were created by female filmmakers! \nOur selected films were created predominantly by female-identifying Directors or Cinematographers as represented by our Female Eye category. We are proud to break stigmas by elevating powerful female-driven content in genre filmmaking. TEFF also endorses unconventional storytelling with our Spiritual category. This category is home to genre-fluid films about humanity\, the intangible\, and what lies beyond\, supporting the marriage of art and personal truths. \nDon’t miss your chance to check out this amazing lineup of ‘otherwordly’ films! \nFebruary 16–18\, 2018\n2/16 5:30PM – 9:30PM\n2/17 4PM – 8:30PM\n2/18 2:30PM – 7PM\nScreenings will start 30 mins after doors open. \nFREE Admission! \nFor more info: www.thirdeyefilmfest.com
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/third-eye-film-festival-2/2018-02-17/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180218T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180218T190000
DTSTAMP:20260605T092833
CREATED:20180124T174438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180124T174438Z
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SUMMARY:Third Eye Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 2nd annual Third Eye Film Festival will showcase 34 films in horror\, fantasy\, and spiritual genres from 9 different countries. Of these selections\, 24 films were created by female filmmakers! \nOur selected films were created predominantly by female-identifying Directors or Cinematographers as represented by our Female Eye category. We are proud to break stigmas by elevating powerful female-driven content in genre filmmaking. TEFF also endorses unconventional storytelling with our Spiritual category. This category is home to genre-fluid films about humanity\, the intangible\, and what lies beyond\, supporting the marriage of art and personal truths. \nDon’t miss your chance to check out this amazing lineup of ‘otherwordly’ films! \nFebruary 16–18\, 2018\n2/16 5:30PM – 9:30PM\n2/17 4PM – 8:30PM\n2/18 2:30PM – 7PM\nScreenings will start 30 mins after doors open. \nFREE Admission! \nFor more info: www.thirdeyefilmfest.com
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/third-eye-film-festival-2/2018-02-18/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180220T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180220T160000
DTSTAMP:20260605T092833
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200118T174033Z
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SUMMARY:Actors Fund Affordable Housing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that New York City is planning to build or preserve 300\,000 units of affordable housing by 2026? This two-hour seminar for performing-arts and entertainment professionals provides an overview of government-subsidized housing in New York City\, which is available for both low- and middle-income households. Complex information is broken down into simple\, straightforward steps. While the applicant pool for these affordable units is highly competitive\, this seminar will help you avoid common mistakes and get organized and prepared to apply. The following questions will be addressed: \nHow do you find and apply for affordable housing? \nWhat are the eligibility requirements? (Income\, household size\, credit\, housing history\, etc.) \nHow does a housing lottery work? \nCan you get on a waiting list? \nHow do you document your income if it fluctuates year to year? \nHow can you best prepare yourself for an interview? \nWhat are your options if you are denied? \n 
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/2565-2016-12-20-2017-06-06-2017-12-12-2018-02-20/2018-02-20/
LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180220T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180220T180000
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SUMMARY:Actors Fund Insurance Drop In Workshop
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Insurance Doctor Is In! \nQuestions about a health insurance bill? \nDon’t understand your insurance and can’t get a straight answer? \nNeed some advice on how to negotiate medical debt? \nOur insurance expert will answer your questions during a one-on-one consultation. Vincent Musolino\, Health Benefits Specialist at the Artists Health Insurance Resource Center\, is an unbiased Navigator with the NY State of Health Marketplace and has over 12 years of medical billing and insurance experience. \nConsultations are about 20 minutes and by appointment only. \nPlease RSVP to vmusolino@actorsfund.org with Subject: Insurance Doctor Is In \nAlso\, bring any documents in question (bills\, explanations of benefits\, your insurance policy)! \n 
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/actors-fund-insurance-drop-in-workshop-3-2016-12-19-2017-07-05-2017-12-11/2018-02-20/
LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180221T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180221T210000
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SUMMARY:Who the Fuck Is That Guy? The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago
DESCRIPTION:Screening and DVD Release Party \nWho the Fuck Is That Guy? The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago tells the astonishing story of a gay Puerto Rican kid growing up in a Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhood\, who got on the subway one day and began an odyssey that helped shape the musical landscape across New York and around the world. Directed by Drew Stone and produced by Michael Alex\, the film tells the story of Michael Alago\, a cherished New York City icon. From rubbing elbows with New York scene makers as an underaged teenager at Max’s Kansas City and CBGB\, to being the architect of a rock ‘n’ roll renaissance as the 19-year-old talent booker at the legendary Ritz\, and making history as the 24-year-old A&R exec who signed Metallica\, the biggest metal band in a generation\, Alago was on fire. \nWorking with artists ranging from White Zombie and Johnny Rotten to Cyndi Lauper and jazz legend Nina Simone\, Alago was driven by a love for great music…ANY great music…and the artists loved him back. Passion and excess would bring Alago crashing into the twin reapers of substance abuse and AIDS\, but surviving them both he reinvented himself as an art photographer—healthy\, sober\, and as passionate as ever. Told by Alago and the artists whose careers he helped build\, and illustrated with an exquisite collection of personal photographs\, Who the Fuck Is That Guy? The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago tells a tender\, loving\, honest\, and insane story of a man who loved new music so much he had to bring it to the world\, and lived to talk about it. Barely. \nAbout the Film \nAbout Drew Stone
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/who-the-fuck-is-that-guy-the-fabulous-journey-of-michael-alago/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:Paging Tom Murrin!
DESCRIPTION:An Evening of Readings and Performances with Friends and Colleagues\nHowl! Happening is pleased to present an evening celebrating the life and work of the late\, great comic genius\, Tom Murrin. Often called the “Godfather of performance art\,” a stellar lineup of friends and colleagues will read and perform short essays\, interviews\, and one act plays that reflect on his life\, work\, and influence. Featured readers and performers include:\nPerformance artists Salley May and Tony Stinkmetal\nCritic and writer David Cote\nPlaywrights Erin Courtney\, John Jesurun\, and Katie Hathaway\nDirectors David Levine and Lucy Sexton\nPerformer/Curator Nicky Paraiso\nPhotographer Patricia Sullivan \nMurrin\, who performed for many years as Alien Comic\, cast his spell on generations of East Village artists and pioneering a brash\, hilarious\, and prop filled tradition of performance art. The works written and performed on this evening form the basis for a book-in-progress on Murrin written by his wife\, Patricia Sullivan. Come prepared for an evening of laughter\, history\, and inspiration! \nAbout the Performers\nDavid Cote is an arts reporter\, playwright and opera librettist. He covers theater and other things at The Village Voice\, What Should We Do and American Theatre. \nErin Courtney‘s Obie award winning play A Map of Virtue\, produced by 13P and directed by Ken Rus Schmoll\, was described by the New York Times as “one of the most terrifying plays of the past decade”. Her other plays include I Will Be Gone\, Alice the Magnet and Demon Baby. She teaches playwriting at Brooklyn College. \nKatie Hathaway is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York City. Her plays and musicals have been performed and developed at Ars Nova\, Yale Institute for Music Theater\, The Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project\, The Flea Theater\, New Dramatists\, The Bushwick Starr\, Dixon Place\, Joe’s Pub\, and the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop. She is a MacDowell Colony fellow\, an alumni of Barnard College and has an MFA in playwriting from Brooklyn College. She sunlights as a music teacher at St. Ann’s School. \nJohn Jesurun is a playwright/director/media artist. Since 1982 text\, direction\, design for over 40 pieces including Chang in a Void Moon\, Philoktetes and Shatterhand Massacree. “Distant Observer” his collaboration with Takeshi Kawamura premieres at La Mama March 16. Webserial “Shadowland” on Vimeo. \nDavid Levine is an artist and OBIE-winning theater director. As David Soul\, he collaborated with Tom Murrin (as Jack Bump) on five increasingly lurid dramas. His exhibition Some of the People\, None of the Time will open at the Brooklyn Museum in May. \nAgosto Machado\, performer\, artist\, activist and witness\, is best known for his work with Ellen Stewart’s La Mama ETC\, and his association with Jack Smith\, Mario Montez\, Jackie Curtis\, John Vaccaro \, Holly Woodlawn\, Candy Darling\, Marsha P Johnson\, Ronald and Harvey Tavel\, Ethyl Eichelberger and Peter Hujar. \nSalley May is a NYC-based performance artist since 1987\, a long-time curator of Performance Space 122’s Avant-Garde-Arama series\, and a teaching artist of theater workshops with mentally disabled populations.  She ran the HOWL Happening Gallery Tom Murrin Full Moon show series with Tony Stinkmetal\, and is cofounder of MAYHEM company with her sister Nancy May perry.  She remains committed to the work and spirit of Tom Murrin/Alien Comic. \nNicky Paraiso is a Director of Programming at La MaMa and the Curator for the La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival. He is an accomplished actor and singer and was recently awarded a 2018 TCG Fox Actor Fellowship. \nLucy Sexton is half of the dance performance duo DANCENOISE\, director of Tom Murrin’s one-man show\, and performs solo as The Factress. \nPatricia Sullivan\, Tom Murrin’s widow\, is a photographer whose work has been exhibited in NY and LA and published in Time Out NY\, New York magazine\, and Paper. She is working on a book about Tom Murrin. \nAbout Tom Murrin and the Tom Murrin Archive\nHowl! Happening is the repository of the Tom Murrin Archive comprising masks\, costumes\, scripts\, correspondence\, photographs\, and tapes of performances going back to the early 70s. Murrin (February 8\, 1939 – March 12\, 2012) also known as The Alien Comic and Jack Bump\, was a performance pioneer whose life and work inspired both artists and audiences for over 40 years. He was a member of the first generation of La MaMa playwrights. Tom wrote four plays performed through La MaMa and produced by John Vacarro’s Play-House of the Ridiculous\, including the offbeat hit\, Cock Strong\, which toured with Ellen Stewart’s La MaMa Troupe to Paris\, Amsterdam and Brussels. \nUnder the guidance of famed rock manager Jane Friedman\, Tom began to perform under the name Alien Comic\, opening for acclaimed punk bands in rock clubs such as CBGBs and Max’s Kansas City. He performed in New York City clubs and theaters as The Alien Comic\, appearing in such venues as The Pyramid\, 8BC\, King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut\, Performance Space 122\, Dixon Place\, La MaMa\, and more. Since the mid 80s\, he created\, performed\, and curated a series of variety nights at Performance Space 122\, and later at the La Mama Experimental Theatre Club and Dixon Place\, called The Full Moon Show. His plays Sport-Fuckers and Butt-Crack Bingo were produced at Theater for the New City and La MaMa and directed by David Levine. Tom was the first performance artist to appear on stage at the original Dixon Place location at 37 East First Street in 1986. \nimage courtesy of Jim Moore
URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/paging-tom-murrin/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Performance
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