BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Howl! Arts - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.howlarts.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Howl! Arts REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181017 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181112 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20180729T195637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T184951Z UID:10000480-1539734400-1541980799@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Tony Whitfield RUMINATIONS: Notes on New Love DESCRIPTION:Opening reception Wednesday 17th October\, 6-8pm\, Free\n  \nHowl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to present a major new body of work by artist Tony Whitfield. At the center of this exhibition is Notes on New Love\, a video work exploring ways in which queer males recognize and embrace the otherness of their desires. Drawing from a series of interviews\, Whitfield sees this work as a meditation on how queer desire blossoms\, thrives\, and survives categorization as sexual misconduct. Conducted in the process of developing New Love\, 1910: World Out of Kilter is a theater piece that premiered this spring at La MaMa E.T.C. Notes on New Love is a collaborative project with Whitfield CoLabs’ composer and video editor Andrew Alden\, and Alden’s Detroit-based venture Obscura Broadcasting Company. \nIn this exhibition\, Whitfield contextualizes the series of short videos in Notes on New Love by counterbalancing them with a group of two-dimensional works in several parts that lay bare the artist’s competing preoccupations. These pieces serve as transformative exercises\, exploring components of Whitfield’s experience as an evolving figure in a turbulent queer landscape. Each work consists of a series of rethinkings\, minings\, broodings\, or mutterings that articulate various aspects of a life lived in awkward relationship to other humans. Grounded in the specifics of his biography as a black\, queer\, mature male who has navigated through decades of challenging circumstances\, Whitfield has gathered these works together as what he calls “a meditation on endurance.” \nIn Lessons Learned\, each grid of brightly colored text written by Whitfield is a (self) portrait constructed from a catalog of the artist’s dated recognitions that have influenced his behavior. Each grid was selected from that catalog by men in Whitfield’s life. The resulting works are joint self-portraits of Whitfield and his collaborators\, chosen for the ways in which the facts of life they state have influenced the artist’s behavior\, and for their resonance as shared truths. \nHe Lives Everyday is Whitfield’s reverie on states of mind that “cloak [his] daily passage through the world.” Various Infatuations pays homage to men who have captured Whitfield’s romantic imagination over 50 years\, from puberty into middle age.  inquiries\, statements\, listing\, which began as a meditation on violence against queer people\, is a document consisting of remnants from Whitfield’s June 2016 window installation at Printed Matter. \nWhitfield says of the exhibition: “I have never been a skillful reporter; I can’t get far enough away from the specifics of what I know\, what I see\, what I think I can trust. While I believe there are facts\, my understanding of those facts is often fleeting. This show is about the view of the world I can hold on to— in all of its queerness. I have learned to find comfort in that queerness.” \n  \nAbout Tony Whitfield \nTony Whitfield is a multimedia artist\, designer\, and educator whose theater work has been shown by LaMaMa E.T.C. His art and photographic works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums including the Museum of Arts and Design in Manhattan; the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art; The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History; the Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano in Lima\, Peru; and Le Centre LGBT Paris Île-de-France. Whitfield’s work has published in the U.S. and abroad. His video installation Paris\, 1938 was featured in the contemporary art festival Nuit Blanche 2017\, held in Paris. Whitfield also writes about art\, new media\, film\, performance\, and design. \n  URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/tony-whitfield/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BW-TW-Lessons-Learned-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181104T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181104T210000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20181019T220809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181031T180045Z UID:10000463-1541358000-1541365200@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:"Paris\, 1938" and Water Improv/Tree of Life DESCRIPTION:Featuring Andrew Alden and Pat Irwin\n  \nHowl! Happening is pleased to present a screening and performance featuring work by composer Andrew Alden and musician Pat Irwin. Andrew will play live to the film “Paris 1938” by Tony Whitfield. Following this\, there will be an additional performance by Pat Irwin and Andrew Alden in response to footage by Tony Whitfield of Paris’s Seine river at flood stage. \n  \nAndrew Alden \nAndrew Alden is an American composer from New England. He received his BFA in Film Scoring and Composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston and is the director and composer of the Andrew Alden Ensemble\, which is dedicated to exploring new music in the tradition of Bang on a Can All-Stars\, Alloy Orchestra\, Kronos Quartet and Alarm Will Sound. Alden has performed with Evan Ziporyn and Terry Riley as a member of Gamelan Galak Tika\, has scored 20 different films\, including spots on NBC\, and has toured nationally. Andrew currently lives in Detroit where he works independently as a composer\, media producer and visual artist. In January 2018\, working as a driving force in collective of musicians and multi-media artists\, Andrew launched Obscura Broadcasting Company\, dedicated to end to end transmedia\, production and the narratives of diverse communities. In the context of that ambition\, he began what has evolved into an ongoing association with Tony Whitfield and Whitfield CoLabs\, in 2014 on the score for The Silver Rainbow\, a documentary on aging among queer people of color. \n  \nAbout Pat Irwin \nPat Irwin has been living and working in New York City since the late 70s. He was a founding member of 8-Eyed Spy (with Lydia Lunch)\, and the Raybeats. As a longtime member of The B-52s\, he performed with the band from 1989–2008. His new band is called The PI Power Trio. \nPat has written music for film and television\, including the HBO series Bored to Death and Showtime’s Nurse Jackie. He is currently composing the score for the new Netflix series The Good Cop. His composer credits include music for hundreds of cartoons\, including SpongeBob SquarePants\, Rocko’s Modern Life\, Pepper Ann\, and Class of 3000. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/paris-1938-and-the-water-improv/ LOCATION:NY ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Paris-1938-Water-Improv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181108T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181108T210000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20180727T165925Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180727T203148Z UID:10000478-1541703600-1541710800@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Martha King: "Outside/Inside" Book Publication Party and Reading DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the publication of her memoir Outside/Inside\, Martha King will give readings from the book\, joined by Sanjay Agnihotri\, editor and publisher of Local Knowledge magazine\, as well as Geoffrey Gatza\, BlazeVOX book publisher. \nOutside/Inside—Just Outside the Art World’s Inside brings readers into a detailed view of the U.S. art world during the pivotal period of 1956–2012\, just outside of documented accounts…. Hubert Selby\, Jr. babysitting\, Jim Rosenquist scavenging\, Henry Geldzahler resisting a blackmail attempt\, and Martin Duberman using his scholarship at Black Mountain College for a personal mission are all part of this story. \nThis gossipy and unsparingly personal account of the evolution of recent American culture—within both the art and literary worlds—details realities of a bohemian life that rarely surface in reportage or academic treatments. \nThis wide-ranging memoir touches upon Black Mountain College in its final days\, life on the Lower East Side staggered by anti-war fever\, and a seedy neighborhood in Brooklyn becoming Park Slope. Pre-fame Allen Ginsberg\, John Chamberlain\, Frank O’Hara\, and LeRoi Jones are brought to light\, as well as others still remaining largely outside the historical record—John Wieners\, Bob Thompson\, Lucia Berlin…. In western Michigan\, mainstream Manhattan book publishing\, Dumbo before luxury housing\, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center when AIDS was called GRID (gay-related immune deficiency)\, the author and her husband painter Basil King persist in their shared belief in the power of art. \nBorn Martha Winston Davis in 1937 in Charlottesville\, Virginia\, Martha King\, attended Black Mountain College for three months as a teenager\, marrying the painter and poet Basil King in 1958. They have two daughters and four grandchildren. Before retiring in 2011\, Martha worked as an editor and science writer. She edited 2+2 Press chapbooks with Susan Sherman in the late 70s and published 31 issues of the zine Giants Play Well in the Drizzle from 1983 to 1992. Currently\, she co-curates a prose reading series with Elinor Nauen at SideWalk Cafe. basilking.net URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/martha-king-outside-inside-book-publication-party-and-reading/ LOCATION:NY ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/King-Frot-coverv2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181111T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181111T210000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20181024T174317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181024T175030Z UID:10000487-1541962800-1541970000@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:New Love: 1910: World Out of Kilter: Reprise: In My Mind We Are Always Naked. DESCRIPTION:A closing night screening of the film of the stage production of Tony Whitfield’s New Love: 1910: World Out of Kilter\, produced in association with La MaMa ETC.  Augmenting this screening will be performances conceived and performed by Whitfield in collaboration with famed New York vocal coach Barbara Maier Gustern\, saxophonist Kurt Hoffman\, boylesque star Matt Knife\, multitalented artist Mike Russnak and garment designer\, Mau. Topping off the evening will be the legendary spinning of deejay\, Johnny Dynell. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/new-love-1910-world-out-of-kilter-reprise-in-my-mind-we-are-always-naked/ LOCATION:NY ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/In-My-Mind-We-Are-Always-Naked-1-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181220 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20181027T170102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181201T161004Z UID:10000466-1542326400-1545263999@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt: Tenemental (With Sighs Too Deep for Words) DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Friday\, November 16\, 6–9 PM \nHowl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project in cooperation with Pavel Zoubok Fine Art is pleased to present Tenemental (With Sighs Too Deep for Words)\, a survey of works by pioneering artist and Stonewall veteran Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt (b. 1948). Enduring some five decades—and continuing to influence subsequent generations of artists—Lanigan-Schmidt has evolved a wholly unique visual language of reflection and refraction. With sources ranging from Byzantine iconography to contemporary kitsch\, he incorporates dazzling alternative materials such as tinsel\, Mylar\, foil\, cellophane\, plastic wrap\, household staples\, and glitter into densely layered mixed media constructions and environments. \nBeyond their glitzy surfaces\, his works point knowingly to the complex intersections of sexuality\, class\, and religion. Featured in the exhibition is his poignant autobiographical installation Mysterium Tremendum (late 1980s)\, consisting of 125 baking pans adorned with paintings and the handwritten tale of an altar boy named Willie—who falls in love with a boy\, is then bullied and beaten to near death\, contemplates suicide\, and finally finds the strength to live through artmaking. Interwoven throughout the exhibition will be his luminous towers\, homoerotic Knick Knacks\, and intricate Venetian Glass works\, along with timeless ephemera in the form of handwritten flyers\, photo-booth portraits\, and direct source materials\, illuminating the breath of his work and life. \nIn anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall rebellion\, Tenemental honors Lanigan-Schmidt’s unique contribution to both the language of art and continued struggle for LGBTQ liberation. The exhibition is accompanied by a full-color catalog with essays by Dan Cameron\, Carlo McCormick\, Agosto Machado\, and Roger Wieck\, and well as an interview with Jonathan Weinberg \nThomas Lanigan-Schmidt is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, Whitney Museum of American Art\, MoMA\, Brooklyn Museum\, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst\, Ackland Art Museum\, and Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art\, among others. He has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Europe\, including the 1980 and 1984 Venice Biennales\, the 1991 Whitney Biennial\, and the 1999 exhibition The American Century at the Whitney Museum. \nLanigan-Schmidt has been an instructor in the MFA program of the School of Visual Arts in New York City since the mid 80s and has served on the governing board of the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in Maine since 1992. In 2011\, he was the recipient of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial grant and in 2017 received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, and the National Academy of Design. In June 2009\, Lanigan-Schmidt was honored at the White House by President Barack Obama for his courageous participation in the 1969 Stonewall rebellion\, and in 2016 he was the keynote speaker when the Stonewall Inn became a national monument. Lanigan-Schmidt was the subject of the critically acclaimed 2012 retrospective Tender Love Among the Junk at MoMA PS1\, curated by Peter Eleey. \n  \nTHOMAS LANIGAN-SCHMIDT\nDay Time\, Nite Light\, Solitary Drinker (detail)\, c. 1975\nFoil\, plastic\, plastic wrap\, light bulb\, Magic Marker\, wood\, and staples\n39 x 28 x 18 inches \nCollection of Anita Grossman Solomon \n  \nTHOMAS LANIGAN-SCHMIDT\nMysterium Tremendum (detail)\, late 1980s\n125 pans: mixed media on aluminum trays URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/tenemental-with-sighs-too-deep-for-words/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/TLS-DetailforPR-imagev2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181118T163000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20160911T175832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181116T210216Z UID:10000393-1542556800-1542558600@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:The Full Moon Show: Do I Live Inside a Miracle? DESCRIPTION:Every Month on The Full Moon\n4pm Sharp\n  \nWith 2018 approaching her 12th house of endings and another full moon descending\, Amelia Bande offers us a brand-new show\, brand same moon. In her precise\, identifiable consciousness\, she helps us off the moving sidewalk of Scorpio season with a tender hand\, outstretched. Amelia Bande is a Taurus moon\, of course. —Greer Dworman \n  \nHi Moon\, \nA question: How do you sustain healthy long-lasting relationships with all of us? \n\nIt’s almost winter\, days are shorter and dark. So we get to see you up there for longer hours! I promise not to exploit your emotional labor. I keep on saying “I love my job” and then I get frustrated and say\, “It’s just a job.” Maybe it’s the same for you? —Amelia Bande \n  \nAbout Amelia Bande \nAmelia Bande is a Brooklyn-based writer and performer from Chile. Her plays Chueca and Partir y Renunciar were staged and published in Santiago. Amelia has shown her performances at Artists Space\, The Poetry Project\, Pratt Manhattan Gallery\, Storm King Arts Center\, Tang Museum\, Abrons Arts Center\, BOFFO Performance Festival\, Participant Inc. She has been an artist in residence at WORM Filmwerkplaats\, The Shandaken Project and Yaddo. She is co-editor of Critical Correspondence\, an online publication of Movement Research. Her chapbook The Clothes We Wear was published by Belladonna in 2017. \nAbout Greer Dworman \nGreer Dworman is a Brooklyn-based performer and maker. Their work presently and passionately investigates humor and pop culture in performance\, grappling with larger ideas in the world located in personal narrative\, concerning themselves with the ever shifting Right Now. \nDworman has been presented through Movement Research at the Judson Church and the Movement Research Spring Festival\, the CATCH series\, Salonathon Chicago\, Brink! at Dixon Place\, and Brooklyn Studios for Dance. Dworman currently hosts Tight 5\, supported and produced by HOWL! Happening. Tight 5 is a come-as-you-are comedy series billed with performers willing to try stand-up for the first time ever. They received their BFA from the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago. \n  \nAbout Tom Murrin and the Full Moon Show \nGodfather of performance art\, Tom popularized a hilarious show every full moon in honor of his moon goddess\, Luna Macaroona. Inviting friends to join him on both stage and street\, he pushed the careers of such groundbreaking performers as David Cale\, David Sedaris\, Amy Sedaris\, Blue Man Group\, Ethyl Eichelberger and Lisa Kron among many others. Transforming the atmosphere with madness and magic\, Howl! Happening’s monthly series continues the Murrin tradition with pop-up performances in the gallery and on its sidewalk. \nAbout The Tom Murrin Archive \nHowl! Happening safeguards 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 he premiered four plays 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. \nAbout Tom \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. 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. \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 URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/the-full-moon-show-2016-11-16-2017-01-14-2017-07-14-2017-08-07-2017-12-03-2018-01-31-2018-11-23/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-16-at-1.40.23-PM.jpg GEO:40.7248189;-73.991658 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street New York City NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=6 East 1st Street:geo:-73.991658,40.7248189 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181128T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181128T210000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20181119T174136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181119T174136Z UID:10000470-1543431600-1543438800@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:HURRAH! NYC: Night One DESCRIPTION:Two Evenings Salute the Seminal Nightclub Hurrah \nHosted by John Phillips \nA flashpoint of the “downtown” music scene—though located on 62nd Street—Hurrah was the first large dance club to feature punk\, new wave\, and industrial music. With his finger on the pulse of the behind the scenes action as the longtime Doorman/Greeter of Hurrah from its genesis in the late 70s to its closing in 1981\, John Phillips hosts two evenings that launch an ongoing series paying tribute to the legendary club’s history. \nOf particular note\, it was the first club to regularly feature music videos\, positioning monitors throughout the club (see Merrill Aldighieri’s world premiere videos screening below). Mixing it up as a showcase for bands from England—many at the earliest stages of their careers—the club was notorious for nurturing talent like the B-52s\, The Cure\, Johnny Thunders\, Klaus Nomi\, Tuxedomoon\, 8-Eyed Spy with Lydia Lunch\, Mission to Burma\, The Ramones\, Bauhaus and many others. \n  \nPhotographer George Dubose \nGeorge DuBose would often go out after his workday apprenticeship for two Manhattan fashion photographers and document the scene at various nightclubs. Hurrah’s\, Max’s Kansas City\, the Mudd Club and Studio 54 were all his turf. Photographing the B52s debut concert at Max’s led DuBose to a career as an art director and photographer for over 300 covers of music packaging. His clients ranged from the Ramones (12 years and dozens of covers) to the Notorious B.I.G.’s first professional photo shoot. \nFor Howl!\, Dubose presents video projections of color and black and white images taken by George DuBose at the legendary nightclub. The images include performance images of Klaus Nomi\, Chris Spedding\, Richard Strange and Pylon from Athens\, Georgia. Also included are photos of celebrities and soon-to-become celebrities. \n I never take it as an insult when people say they don’t like an idea\, says Dubose. I take pictures for the artists and I don’t forget that. It’s a poignant truth that has defined Dubose’s career and his success as one of music’s best-known photographers\, a man who captured new wave\, punk\, and hip-hop with an uncanny eye. —Fact Magazine URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/hurrah-nyc-night-one/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/klaus_hurrahs-004.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181129T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181129T200000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20181119T175224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181124T200405Z UID:10000471-1543514400-1543521600@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:HURRAH! NYC: Night Two DESCRIPTION:HURRAH! NYC \nTwo Evenings Salute the Seminal Nightclub Hurrah \nHosted by John Phillips \nA flashpoint of the “downtown” music scene—though located on 62nd Street—Hurrah was the first large dance club to feature punk\, new wave\, and industrial music. With his finger on the pulse of the behind the scenes action as the longtime Doorman/Greeter of Hurrah from its genesis in the late 70s to its closing in 1981\, John Phillips hosts two evenings that launch an ongoing series paying tribute to the legendary club’s history. \nOf particular note\, it was the first club to regularly feature music videos\, positioning monitors throughout the club (see Merrill Aldighieri’s world premiere videos screening below). Mixing it up as a showcase for bands from England—many at the earliest stages of their careers—the club was notorious for nurturing talent like the B-52s\, The Cure\, Johnny Thunders\, Klaus Nomi\, Tuxedomoon\, 8-Eyed Spy with Lydia Lunch\, Mission to Burma\, The Ramones\, Bauhaus and many others. \n  \nMerrill Aldighieri World Premiere Screening \nWith Ebet Roberts and special guest Barbara Lackey Clifford Finch \nMerrill Aldighieri debuts her two latest films from her Hurrah Archive of 200 hours of live performances at the club. Paying tribute to all the great doormen at the height of the nighclubbing craze\, the opening film\, Getting In (33 minutes)\, is a mash-up of true stories from Hurrah doormen and screen tests by iconic 80s actors. Included in the casting call are Steve Buscemi\, Barbara Gogin\, Illeana Douglas\, May Pang\, Howie Montaug\, and George Wrage\, who all auditioned for a fictional film about nightlife through the eyes of doormen. \nThe second film\, Mission in Burmaland (60 minutes) features highlights from 4 concerts of the Boston band Mission of Burma. Interviews of the trio are interwoven in a visually embellished musical tapestry. The brilliant atonal abrasive feedback\, clever sound effect loops\, cultured lyrics and pop riffs make this band original and timeless. \nOpening the show will be a photographic “Happening” with images shot and presented by Ebet Roberts\, and a slow-motion mosaic study of flash frames of bands on the Hurrah stage\, including New Order\, Tuxedomoon\, Richard Hell & the Raybeats\, The Modettes and Strange Party. Adding to the evening will be a mixed DJ tape of a set by Geoff Brown\, digitally remastered by invited guest and co-owner of Hurrah\, Barbara Lackey Clifford Finch. \nWatch more of Aldighieri’s VJ Diaries URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/hurrah-nyc-night-two/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/FLASHFRAMES-by-Merrill-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181130T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181130T210000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20181119T172209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181120T233627Z UID:10000469-1543600800-1543611600@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt Catalogue Launch and Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:Howl! Happening invites you to join culture critics\, art historians and curators for the publication of the catalogue for Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt’s Tenemental (With Sighs Too Deep for Words). A compendium of wide ranging essays and criticism\, the 106-page catalogue is Howl!’s most ambitious publication to date. Meet the artist and writers to celebrate Tommy’s multivalent work and life including contributors Dan Cameron; David Carter; Carlo McCormick; Roger S. Wieck; Jonathan Weinberg; and Agosto Machado. Published in association with Pavel Zoubok Fine Art. \n  \nRoger S. Wieck\, Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts\, Morgan Library & Museum\, discusses the dual themes that appear and reappear throughout Lanigan-Schmidt’s work: religion and childhood in his Essay Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt: The Art of Transubstantiation. \n  \nDan Cameron looks at the shifting perspectives of art historical perceptions and placement of the work in the context of Pattern and Decoration and AIDS in The Least Shall be Greatest. Art historian Jonathan Weinberg provides a penetrating interview with Lanigan Schmidt—who was a veteran of the Stonewall Riots and was present in the Stonewall Inn on June 28\, 1969—about his work in Art after Stonewall\, 1969-89. Timed to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots\, the exhibition opens at the Grey Art Gallery and The Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in April 2019. \n  \nDavid Carter’s insightful essay provides a deeper look at Tommy’s roots and family\, and offers biographical clues into Tommy’s psyche and creative process; and Carlo McCormick brings his perspective as a commentator and curator spanning decades of lived experience in the shifting downtown art and cultural scenes to understanding Lanigan-Schmidt’s layered work and his place inside and outside of fluctuating art and social movements. \n  URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/thomas-lanigan-schmidt-catalogue-launch-and-panel-discussion/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ToLS_CoverV2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181204T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181204T233000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20181116T161523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210309T005002Z UID:10000468-1543955400-1543966200@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Howl! Arts Presents: Jackie Factory's Low Life 8 DESCRIPTION:Low Life 8: Fairytale of New York at the Pyramid\n  \nThe much-missed Jackie Factory spectacular Low Life returns this holiday season for its eighth edition\, newly at the iconic Pyramid Club on Avenue A. Presented by East Village Arts instigator Howl! Arts\, Low Life 8 imagines the holidays in a century of East Village/Bowery dives and clubs\, from McGurk’s Suicide Hall to the Pyramid itself.\n\nProducers Chi Chi Valenti and Johnny Dynell promise a star-studded bill spanning generations and performance cults: Pyramid and Jackie 60 eminence Hattie Hathaway aka Brian Butterick\, butoh stars Vangeline Theater as Klaus Nomi and company\, queens of burlesque Dirty Martini and Cassandra Rosebeetle saluting Bowery vaudeville and vipers\, drag icon Sherry Vine\, choreographer/dancer Danielle Marie Fusco creating the title number\, thesbian Heather Litteer\, rising EV performance star Bobbie\, dark diva Poison Eve imagining Tanya Ransom as Nina Hagen\, and more. Jackie MC Paul Alexander will preside with Valenti\, and Pyramid/Jackie DJ Johnny Dynell spins between show sets and for a Jackie 60-style dance party afterwards.\n\nThe Jackie Factory created Low Life in 2007 as the closing show for the annual Howl! Festival in Tompkins Square Park. Inspired by the seminal Luc Sante book Low Life: The Lures and Snares of Old New York\, these big stage extravaganzas at Howl! Festival (2007-2013) continued a body of work born at the seminal Meatpacking District nightclub Jackie 60 @ Mother in 1997. For this indoor revamp\, two show sets will celebrate the Bowery haunts from the 1880s to the Roaring Twenties (Act One\, 9:30 PM) and The East Village Eighties/Pyramid Club (Act Two\, 11:30 PM).\n\nThe time travel quotient will be high—in some cases a performer will be recreating a moment that actually happened on the same stage three decades earlier! Veteran visitors will experience a Pyramid Club that is hauntingly familiar—virtually unchanged from the 1980s and still cash only—but with new bathrooms and excellent sound. For the show’s producers Valenti and Dynell\, East Village residents for three decades\, this holiday spectacular is a true present to and by the neighborhood’s past\, present and future stars.\n\n25% of door proceeds will benefit Howl! HELP (Howl! Emergency Life Project)\, a safety net for artists that provides emergency financial assistance and social service support in partnership with The Actors Fund. \nThe Pyramid\n101 Avenue A\, NYC\nDoors open at 8:30 PM\, show starts at 9:30 PM \nTickets: $15 in advance\, $20 at door\nTickets from dance party only (starts at midnight): $10\nBuy tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3899390 \n \n  \n  URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/howl-arts-presents-jackie-factorys-low-life-8-fairytale-of-new-york/ LOCATION:Pyramid\, 101 Avenue A\, New York\, NY\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/LOW-LIFE-8-INSTA-BLACK-final.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181205T210000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20181024T161715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181125T171717Z UID:10000485-1544036400-1544043600@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Nora Burns David’s Friend DESCRIPTION:A feisty and funny one-woman show…her odyssey will bring alive the period and its pleasures (and poisons) with pungent animation. —Charles Isherwood\, New York Times \nDavid’s Friend is the story of a crazy friendship in 1980s New York City—a restless city during a reckless time. It’s a comic odyssey about cruising\, disco\, drag queens\, strippers\, sex\, love\, loss\, and AIDS\, told with music\, videos\, costumes\, characters\, tall tales\, and torrid truths. \nThe beauty of David’s Friend is\, you didn’t have to be there. Burns was\, and she brings it alive for the rest of us. —Marc Miller\, NY Theatre Guide \nA potent performance about the passing of a great era\, beautifully captured\, with wells of compassion and funniness. I wish I had known David\, but now I do. —Sandra Bernhard \nNora Burns is a founding member of the comedy groups Unitard and The Nellie Olesons. Watch the teaser for David’s Friend here. \nWritten and performed by Nora Burns \nFeaturing Billy Hough \nDirected by Adrienne Truscott \nDramaturgy — Lucy Sexton \nArt Direction — Tal Yarden \nCostumes — Connie Fleming \nVideo Montage — Len Whitney URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/nora-burns-davids-friend/ LOCATION:NY ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DN-Patrick-McMullan-scan.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181206T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181209T170000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20181114T213054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181116T164130Z UID:10000467-1544090400-1544374800@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Through the Looking Glass: Scooter LaForge & Brett De Palma at NADA Miami DESCRIPTION:Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to present Through the Looking Glass\, an installation of fearless and masterful paintings by Brett De Palma and Scooter LaForge. Through the Looking Glass marries two important painters’ vivid interpretations of our current upside down and bewildering world. Paralleling Lewis Carroll’s phantasmagorical satire that so poignantly skewered Victorian England\, De Palma and LaForge’s layered allegorical paintings ridicule\, expose\, and critique the foolishness\, corruption\, vices\, and villains in society around them. \nDe Palma and LaForge blend seamlessly in this installation. De Palma’s large painted tarp propels a visual narrative overlaid with LaForge’s metaphors. Their collaborative work breaks out of stylistic conventions to forge dense new visual territory. In a world with an overabundance of fear\, anger\, and inequity\, their psychedelic tapestry offers humorous critique and laughter as a way to build consensus and community for our absurd times. December 6–9\, 2018 / NADA Miami / Booth 10.26 \n  \nBrett De Palma Through the Looking Glass\, Darkly \nBrett De Palma’s large (9 x 16’) painted tarp\, Through the Looking Glass\, Darkly\, mirrors the epic Lewis Carroll satirical novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in an American context. In this updated version\, Alice experiences\, as if in a dream\, an American political ecosystem from RFK’s assassination to Trump’s balloon of tweets\, while a giant raven floats over a world of imperial monarchy.   \n  \nOn the other side of the mirror\, Alice moves with the sleep of reason through the stages of aging\, both of the individual as well as empire. This absurd tale about the confusion produced by authoritarian upside down and backwards logic reveals parallels between then and now. With brash color and Pollock-like drips over two worlds of stars and stripes and a checkered ground\, the poetic painting appears like an unsolved jigsaw puzzle\, confusing time and space and morphing style and scale. Brimming with the menace of friendly monsters such as the Jabberwock and Humpty Dumpty\, Alice is heroically tested in an empire of would-be kings and queens.  \n  \nAfter passing through trials of nonsense and disorientation\, Alice becomes queen. This empowerment may be an illusion only obtainable in a fantasy world—leaving the viewer wondering if “life is but a dream.” \n  \nScooter LaForge \nSimilarly\, for LaForge\, fairy tales and allegory dance together in works that draw from such diverse sources as Mannerist and old master paintings\, comic books\, cartoons\, and pop culture. Like all good fairy tales\, his paintings may first appear funny\, playful\, and light. But appearances can be deceiving. What is below their richly painted surfaces can be very sinister indeed. \n  \nA mash-up of huge expressionist gestures against impossibly delicate paint handling\, La Forge’s paintings are both powerful and exquisitely finessed. And like the Mannerists who created their own aesthetic while commenting on the social upheaval in 16th century Venice\, LaForge’s new body of work is informed by current events—a fantasy of imaginary creatures and magic—full of ambiguity and dreamlike visions that invoke pleasure by their painterly appeal\, but also an edge of danger or menace that mirrors the tension of living on the dark side of troubling times. \n  \nNADA Miami / December 6–9\, 2018 / Booth 10.26\nIce Palace Studios\, 1400 North Miami Avenue  \n  \nVIP Preview by Invitation: Thursday\, December 6\, 10 AM–2 PM\nOpening Preview by Invitation: Thursday\, December 6\, 12–2 PM\n\nOpen to the Public\nThursday\, December 6\, 2–7 PM\nFriday\, December 7\, 11 AM–7 PM\nSaturday\, December 8\, 11 AM–7 PM\nSunday\, December 9\, 11 AM–5 PM\n\nThe New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) is the definitive non-profit arts organization dedicated to the cultivation\, support\, and advancement of new voices in contemporary art. newartdealers.org URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/off-site-through-the-looking-glass-scooter-laforge-brett-de-palma-at-nada-miami/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-14-at-12.06.39-PM.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181208T210000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20181130T230335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181201T223901Z UID:10000472-1544295600-1544302800@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Queer Butoh 2018 DESCRIPTION:Featuring Hector Canonge\, Tina Zoccoli Mayers\, and Will Atkins \nHowl! Happening is pleased to present Queer Butoh 2018\, curated by Mee Ae Caughey\, Davey Mitchell\, and Vangeline for the New York Butoh Institute/Vangeline Theater. \n“Butoh is essentially the dance of the marginalized\, and the LGBTQ population is still largely marginalized in the world\,” says Vangeline France\, co-curator of this series. \nAt its origin\, the introduction of butoh in Japan was widely controversial. The first butoh performance\, Kinjiki (Forbidden Colors)\, created by Tatsumi Hijikata in 1958\, shocked Japanese audiences. Inspired by the work of French author Jean Genet\, Kinjiki took its name and inspiration from Yukio Mishima’s book Forbidden Colors and dealt with homosexuality—a profoundly taboo subject at the time. \nPLEASE NOTE: THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES MINOR BLOODLETTING AND MAY NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN OR SENSITIVE VIEWERS. \nPerformances include: \nWILL ATKINS: La Sangre \nLa Sangre is a piece illuminating the ideas of violence and phobia in the queer community\, utilizing body piercing and butoh to challenge the stigma of HIV. Gauged piercing needles will be used to add another textural dimension\, along with the performer’s body. The live imagery of blood and butoh together recalls violent history towards the queer community while honoring what connects us as humans. This work also incorporates elements of drag; the performer embraces blurring gender roles in the freedom butoh offers. \nHECTOR CANONGE: Camarada \nCamarada\, a new solo performance by Hector Canonge\, evokes the complex\nbonds that men create with one another and the various codes they generate to express their longings and desires. The performance also explores notions of maleness and ideas about being or becoming a “real man.” Through actions intertwined with butoh Dance\, Canonge continues his exploration of corporal expression and somatic experimentation. \nTINA ZOCCOLI MAYERS: S/he or S/hekinah \nTina’s solo is an amalgamation of sound\, text\, and theater performance. Weaving together excerpts from Sylvia Plath\, Naomi Klein\, Saul Williams\, and Tina’s own poetry and prose\, the audio soundscape traces the emergence of the queer artist through the passageways of historical censorship and erasure—into rebirth as trans male\, female\, and androgyne. This butoh piece grieves and memorializes the censored histories of queer persons\, including the persecution and execution of gays and communists through the Nazi Holocaust\, McCarthyism\, witch hunts\, and other forms of dehumanization. Tina explores the resensitization of the trans-feminine body through neural\, masculine chemistries and devotions. Gender-troubling and nonconforming\, the artist spiritualizes metamorphosis in the context of the Hebrew black goddess Shekinah—also known as the Arabic Sakinah—warrior and priest bearing God’s peace of mind and pure consciousness. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nThe Vangeline Theater has been a leader in the development of contemporary butoh dance since its founding in 2002. Informed by the expansive vision of pioneering choreographer Vangeline\, the theater group brings to life a timeless and uniquely American style of butoh that continually captivates audiences. The Vangeline Theater is home to the New York Butoh Institute\, dedicated to providing superior butoh training to our community. The institute focuses on the advancement of butoh in the 21st century\, with special emphasis on scientific research as it relates to butoh dance. www.vangeline.com URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/queer-butoh-2018/ LOCATION:NY ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-29-at-12.51.21-PM.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181212T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181212T210000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20181202T212712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181212T185539Z UID:10000473-1544641200-1544648400@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:William Rand: Four Decades DESCRIPTION:Panel Discussion and Publication Party\n  \nWith Rand and panelists Anthony Gaskin\, Maynard Monrow\, and Sur Rodney (Sur). \nIn William Rand’s paintings\, for example\, one must look to the shadows for information. In fact this oeuvre is a meditation on darkness: a painting in the shade.    —Rene Ricard\, Les Leçons des Ténèbres\, 1989. Hotel Chelsea \nHowl! Happening is pleased to host a panel discussion in honor of William Rand Four Decades\, the artist’s monograph chronicling his prolific career. Encompassing four decades of work\, with poetry by Rand as well as essays penned by his close friends\, the late critic Rene Ricard\, and Suzette McAvoy\, director and curator of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art. \nA marvelous raconteur\, brilliant draftsman\, and sharp-eyed\, searing documentarian\, Rand’s grand-scale black and white paintings chronicle his life and our times. Drawn from eclectic sources—art history\, geopolitics\, literature\, sports\, nature\, pop culture\, current events—his imagery seduces with its intoxicating mix of beauty and decadence\, highbrow and lowbrow.  \nWe want to be at this party.     —Suzette McAvoy\, Director\, Center for Maine Contemporary Art \nContributors include: Dennis Adamo\, Anthony Gaskin\, Jeffrey Goldberg\, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders\, Silvia Silveira Laguna\, Felix Leiro\, Philip M. Isaacson\, Suzette McAvoy\, Taylor Mead\, Maynard Monrow\, Inés Lopéz-Quesada\, William Baker Rand\, Rene Ricard\, Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.\, Bill Stelling\, and Haynes Sprunt Tate. \n  \nWilliam Baker Rand Four Decades  \nEssay by Rene Ricard\, Osprey Publishing\, 2018  \n128 pages\, case bound\, 6-color plates throughout\, 11 x 11”  \nCovering four decades of the artist’s work in Maine\, New York\, East Berlin\, and Spain\, the large black-and-white paintings\, and large\, often sexualized figures of this monograph engage with historical vertigo. \nAbout William Baker Rand \nInset image: The Guest Mooring\, 2017 © 2018 William Rand/ARS NY URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/william-rand-four-decades/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Rand-Death-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181213T210000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20181208T190312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181208T191453Z UID:10000520-1544727600-1544734800@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Pixie Aventura and Catalyst Quartet: To DRAG & BACH DESCRIPTION:Pixie Aventura and Catalyst Quartet \n\nHowl! Happening is pleased to present the Catalyst Quartet and famed drag queen spitfire Pixie Aventura for a transformative evening and experience the music of Bach like you’ve never heard it before. \n“When we set out to innovate Bach’s iconic Goldberg Variations by arranging it for string quartet\, we were faced with limitless possibilities\,” say Jessie Montgomery. “One of the amazing aspects of the piece is how Bach transforms a single bass line into almost two hours of music.” Taking the concept of transformation one step further the Catalyst Quartet explores the world of drag with a side by side performance and behind the scenes drag transformation. \nCatalyst Quartet members are Jessie Montgomery\, Karla Donehew Perez\, Paul Laraia\, and Karlos Rodriguez. \n \nAbout the Catalyst Quartet \nHailed by the New York Times at their Carnegie Hall debut as “invariably energetic and finely burnished…playing with earthy vigor\,” Catalyst Quartet is comprised of top laureates and alumni of the internationally acclaimed Sphinx Competition. Known for “rhythmic energy\, polyphonic clarity and tight ensemble-playing\,” the ensemble has toured throughout the United States and abroad\, including sold-out performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC\, at Chicago’s Harris Theater\, Miami’s New World Center and Stern Auditorium at Carnegie hall. The quartet has also appeared as concerto soloists with the Bogata Filharmonica\, the Sphinx Virtuosi\, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.  Read More. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/pixie-aventura-and-catalyst-quartet-to-drag-bach/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/169ac3a6-c355-495a-ba00-56edc43839f1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181218T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181218T160000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20160706T170122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200118T174033Z UID:10000042-1545141600-1545148800@www.howlarts.org 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/2565-2016-12-20-2017-06-06-2017-12-12-2018-02-20/2018-12-18/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12604881_1563039503987253_7380893755487607748_o-14.jpg GEO:40.7248189;-73.991658 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street New York City NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=6 East 1st Street:geo:-73.991658,40.7248189 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181218T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181218T180000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20160706T170758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190110T171848Z UID:10000059-1545148800-1545156000@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Actors Fund Insurance Drop In Workshop DESCRIPTION:The 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)! \nAll appointments are held at The Actors Fund Main Office (729 Seventh Avenue\, 10th Floor) URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/actors-fund-insurance-drop-in-workshop-3-2016-12-19-2017-07-05-2017-12-11-2018-12-18/2018-12-18/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12604881_1563039503987253_7380893755487607748_o-14.jpg GEO:40.7248189;-73.991658 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street New York City NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=6 East 1st Street:geo:-73.991658,40.7248189 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181222T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181222T163000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20160911T175832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181219T173134Z UID:10000098-1545494400-1545496200@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Full Moon Show: Revenge of The Cherimoya Sisters DESCRIPTION:THE FULL MOON SHOW \nA Tom Murrin/Alien Comic Invention \nRevenge of The Cherimoya Sisters \nA Performance by Alexandra Tatarsky curated by Greer Dworman \nThey say that to eat a cherimoya you must slice it open with a knife\, tear it apart\, and then rip at its flesh till the chunks fall apart in your hands. They say the cherimoya is like an apple but more delicious\, as sweet and creamy as god’s sorbet. But also\, the seeds of the cherimoya are poisonous. If crushed and ingested\, they will kill you. And when the cherimoya is cut in two\, its insides look just like the full moon. All hail the cherimoya queen\, she will not go sweetly into this dark night. \nI am thinking of the cherimoya in relation to the moon goddess\, I am thinking about endings and deaths\, darkness and glowing orbs\, survival through moon madness\, feminist readings of fruit\, and making a short play about how scientists describe the cherimoya as warty and abnormally protrusive. I am thinking of embracing warts. of playing the keyboard in a warty way. of protruding all over the place\, especially at night. probably with wigs. \n—Alexandra Tatarsky \nAbout Alexandra Tatarsky \nAlexandra Tatarsky is a song-and-dance man in the unfortunate in-between zone of comedy\, performance art\, theater\, and deluded rant. Their work often incorporates absurdist characters and improvised word play. It is largely fueled by anxiety. \nInterests include identity construction\, code-switching\, humor and the abyss\, existential despair\, vaudeville and American performance history\, self-loathing and psychoanalysis\, late-capitalism and meaninglessness\, hybridity\, liminal spaces\, madness\, parades\, and acrylic nails. Basically\, how words\, worlds\, and selves come together and fall apart. \nTatarsky has performed at venues including Judson Memorial Church\, NYU Skirball Center\, New Museum\, Brooklyn Museum\, BronxArtSpace\, Performance Space New York\, MoMA PS1\, Metro Pictures at 83 Pitt St\, Maccarone\, Dixon Place\, Basilica Hudson\, La MaMa E.T.C.\, The Brick\, Center for Performance Research (CPR)\, Gibney\, and many bars\, backyards\, and living rooms. They were a 2016 Movement Research artist-in-residence. With Ming Lin as part of Shanzhai Lyric\, they write about human/machine collaborations\, nonsense poetry\, and counterfeit culture for publications including The New Inquiry\, ArtReview Asia\, and Spike. Their show Americana Psychobabble comes back to town on January 23 and 24 as part of The Exponential Festival at the Glove. Web: tar-tar.biz IG: @tartar.biz ; @shanzhai_lyric  \nAbout Greer Dworman \nGreer Dworman is a Brooklyn-based performer and maker. Their work presently and passionately investigates humor and pop culture in performance\, grappling with larger ideas in the world located in personal narrative—concerning themselves with the ever-shifting Right Now. \nDworman has been presented through Movement Research at Judson Memorial Church and Movement Research Spring Festival\, CATCH performance series\, Salonathon Chicago\, Brink at Dixon Place\, and Brooklyn Studios for Dance. Dworman currently hosts Tight 5\, supported and produced by Howl! Happening. Tight 5 is a come-as-you-are comedy series billed with performers willing to try stand-up for the first time ever. They received their BFA from the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago. \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 URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/the-full-moon-show-2016-11-16-2017-01-14-2017-07-14-2017-08-07-2017-12-03-2018-01-31-2018-12-22/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2018-12-12-at-12.27.22-PM-1.jpg GEO:40.7248189;-73.991658 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street New York City NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=6 East 1st Street:geo:-73.991658,40.7248189 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190207 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20181216T224722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190227T154442Z UID:10000521-1546992000-1549497599@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Gail Thacker: Fugitive Moments DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Wednesday\, January 9\, 2018\, 6pm \nHowl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to present Fugitive Moments*\, an exhibition that draws from four decades of artist Gail Thacker’s manipulated and painted Polaroids. Part of the Boston School—a loosely knit group of artists and photographers that includes Nan Goldin\, Jack Pierson\, Mark Morrisroe\, and Tabboo! (Stephen Tashjian)\, who all studied in Massachusetts art colleges during the 70s and early 80s before relocating to New York—Thacker studied painting\, video\, and film in the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. \nIn 1982\, when Thacker moved to New York\, the city was at its most ragged. Frayed around the edges and dangerous—and eventually shrouded with a cloud from loss of community to AIDS—Thacker lived among the artistic and theatrical milieu that produced groundbreaking work by artists and creators of all stripes. “We lived in a world of obsession—courting danger\, playing at the edge of lawlessness. This was my world\,” she says. \nAlong the way\, she photographed her friends and collaborators from the past to the present\, including Mark Morrisroe\, Rafael Sánchez\, Tabboo!\, Joey Gabriel\, Kenny Kenny\, Shelley Marlow\, and Katrina Del Mar. \nHer process of exploiting the natural entropy of the film began by accident\, when some of her stored prints from unrinsed film deteriorated—resulting in mysterious ghosted and decaying images that appear scuffed\, stained\, and awash in alien light. In contrast to the pristine clarity of instantaneous digital imagery\, Thacker delves deeply into chance operations that result from the passage of time and the instability and active chemical processes of Polaroid film. \nMirroring the dissolution\, decay\, and loss around her from AIDS\, each Polaroid is responsive to change\, mutations\, and eventually transformation by the artist’s hand. As art historian Jonathan David Katz puts it\, “As AIDS took far too many of [her friends]\, Thacker displaces her lack of control in real life onto a Polaroid image stewing in its own juices\, incorporating corruption degradation—in a word mortality—into a medium famed for its denial of that fact.” \nThacker says that “Polaroids are living things. They’re symbolic of the passing of time and our decay. Their impermanence shows how short and fragile this journey is. I allow ‘death’—the very thing that destroys us\, what we and all living things naturally fight against—to reveal the beauty.” \nThe ghosts of Morrisroe (who died of AIDS in 1989) and others are transmuted. Thacker and multimedia artist Rafael Sánchez bonded while caring for Morrisroe\, and after his death Sánchez became Thacker’s closest friend and most prolific collaborator. This close working rapport with flamboyant underground artists and performers—and her expressive self-portraits—are highly personal windows into her world\, delving deeply into the power of art to transform loss into beauty…embracing the spontaneous accidents the materials have to offer. \nIn 2017\, Thacker was the subject of a major exhibition\, Between the Sun & the Moon\, at the QCC Art Gallery of City University of New York and Daniel Cooney Fine Arts. In her review of the Daniel Cooney exhibition in Feature Shoot\, writer Ellyn Kail notes: \nIn their respective essays for the catalogue\, both Katz and curator Barbara P. Hitchcock allude to the link between the physical deterioration of Thacker’s Polaroids and the lifecycle of the human body. All photographs age eventually\, but this particular artist has sped up the process. If they had been printed immediately\, many of Thacker’s images might be purely joyful; after all\, these are pictures of artists performing\, playing\, and loving one another. But her technique casts a melancholy veil over her subjects by reminding us overtly of the persistent passage of time. \nPhoto: Gail Thacker. Self portrait\, NYC\, 1983  \n  \n*The title of the show comes from Barbara Hitchcock’s essay in the book Between the Sun & the Moon\, published in tandem with the 2017 exhibition. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/gail-thacker-fugitive-moments/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/10self-portrait-nyc-1983psd-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190115T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190115T160000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20160706T170122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200118T174033Z UID:10000043-1547560800-1547568000@www.howlarts.org 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/2565-2016-12-20-2017-06-06-2017-12-12-2018-02-20/2019-01-15/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12604881_1563039503987253_7380893755487607748_o-14.jpg GEO:40.7248189;-73.991658 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street New York City NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=6 East 1st Street:geo:-73.991658,40.7248189 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190115T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190115T180000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20160706T170758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190125T213727Z UID:10000060-1547568000-1547575200@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Insurance Doctor Is In DESCRIPTION:The 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-3-2016-12-19-2017-07-05-2017-12-11-2018-12-18-2019-01-15/2019-01-15/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12604881_1563039503987253_7380893755487607748_o-14.jpg GEO:40.7248189;-73.991658 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street New York City NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=6 East 1st Street:geo:-73.991658,40.7248189 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190123T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190123T210000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20190112T213156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200428T173720Z UID:10000509-1548270000-1548277200@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Klown Portrait Polaroid Workshop DESCRIPTION:Do you want to be the model\, makeup artist\, photographer—or why not all three? In this interactive workshop by acclaimed visual artist Gail Thacker\, participants will play with makeup\, wigs\, backdrops\, and costumes to create an original Polaroid portrait photograph in the style known as Klown—denoting an exaggeration of everyday makeup and wear. Participants work together in rotating groups of three\, to build an original story concept utilizing materials provided and create personal portraits that can be taken with them at the close of the workshop. Bring your own expressive props and wigs. All materials including makeup\, Polaroid cameras\, and Polaroid 600 color and black and white instant film are provided. \nThis workshop is recommended for ages 18+. LGBTQIA+/QTPOC friendly and allied space. \nFree! Space is limited. Register here! For further information contact Katherine Cheairs \n\nAbout Gail Thacker \nGail Thacker is a visual artist most known for her unique use of type 665 Polaroid Positive/Negative film\, in which her subjects—friends\, lovers\, the city—become intertwined with the process and chemistry of her photos. She attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts and has lived and worked in New York City since 1982. She has been exhibited at the Museum of the City of New York\, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art\, Daniel Cooney Fine Arts\, Elizabeth Dee Gallery\, ClampArt\, and Grey Art Gallery in New York\, as well as Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo (CGAC) in Spain. Her work is included in numerous collections\, including The Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston)\, Museum of the City of New York\, Fotomuseum Winterthur (Switzerland)\, CGAC (Spain)\, The New York Public Library\, and The Polaroid Collection (Massachusetts). Publications include Between the Sun and the Moon: Gail Thacker’s Polaroids (City University of New York)\, The Polaroid Book (Taschen)\, Mark Dirt (Paper Chase Press)\, Tabboo! The Art of Stephen Tashjian (Damiani)\, There Was a Sense of Family: The Friends of Mark Morrisroe (Moderne Kunst Nürnberg) and Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies (University of Nebraska Press). \n  \nArticles/Reviews \nhttps://www.featureshoot.com/2017/12/love-agony-distressed-polaroids-gail-thacker/ \nhttps://coldlips.co.uk/2017/12/09/the-forty-year-polaroid-by-jeffrey-wengrofsky/ \n  \nVimeo: https://www.neverapart.com/features/gail-thacker-nyc-artist-visit/ URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/klown-portrait-polaroid-workshop/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Education,Events,Exhibition,Vega Arts Workshops Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Agosto.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190203T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190203T180000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20190131T165402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190202T220123Z UID:10000256-1549209600-1549216800@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Gail Thacker Fugitive Moments Catalogue Launch DESCRIPTION:Howl! Happening invites you to celebrate the publication of the catalogue for Fugitive Moments with contributions by arts writer Jane Ursula Harris\, Whitney Museum assistant curator Kelly Long\, performance artist Rafael Sanchez and Carlo McCormick. \nThe mythology of Gail Thacker\, the artist\, begins with death\, and it begins with a gift. The death was that of Mark Morrisroe\, the photographer whose frenetic production was cut short when he succumbed to AIDS in 1989\, at the age of thirty. The gift was also his: a box of Polaroid 665 Positive/Negative film. \n– Kelly Long\, Curatorial Assistant\, Whitney Museum of American Art \nFrom catalogue essay Homo Bulla URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/gail-thacker-fugitive-moments-catalogue-launch/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cover-cat.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190207T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190207T203000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20190116T213724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190206T020155Z UID:10000510-1549564200-1549571400@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Bob Rosenthal Straight Around Allen: On the Business of Being Allen Ginsberg DESCRIPTION:February 7 / 6:30 pm / Free\nA Reading and Interview with E. Claman \nThere is no other book like this one\, though there are dozens of books about Ginsberg. Bob Rosenthal has made a courageous and valuable contribution to the field of Beat studies. — Jonah Raskin\, New York Journal of Books \nHowl! Happening is pleased to celebrate the publication of Bob Rosenthal’s new book\, Straight Around Allen\, published by Beatdom Books (2018) with a reading and booksigning with the author. The evening is part of the Prose Pros series hosted by Elinor Nauen. \nRich in anecdotes\, The Allen Ginsberg Project has called this intimate memoir “essential reading” and goes on to say: “Rosenthal was Allen’s secretary and trusted friend and confidant for over twenty years and his ‘right-hand man’. A calm presence in a far-from-calm vortex (Allen seemed to thrive on chaos\, as Bob astutely observes). No one was closer to the day-to-day\, no one more patient and comprehending.” \nAs Beat scholar\, Ann Charters\, remarks “Written straight from the heart\, Bob’s book will survive as an invaluable companion to Allen Ginsberg’s poetry.” \nRosenthal’s other books include the cult classic Cleaning Up New York (Little Book Room)\, and 5 books of poems including Viburnam\, Rude Awakenings\, and Morning Poems. He’s written the plays Cause of Gravity\, Whore of the Alpines\, Bicentennial Suicide\, and Clear the Range with Bob Holman and makes the chili every New Year’s Day for the Poetry Project Marathon. \nImage: Rosenthal and Ginsberg by Brian Graham URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/bob-rosenthal-straight-around-allen-on-the-business-of-being-allen-ginsberg/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-16-at-3.45.50-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190214 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190318 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20190109T163102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220425T212439Z UID:10000522-1550102400-1552867199@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Scooter LaForge: Homo Eruptus DESCRIPTION:Howl! Happening is pleased to present Homo Eruptus\, a new body of work by Scooter LaForge including large\, mural-size paintings that mine the artist’s fertile inner emotional realm.  Whether it’s expressed on the mammoth pictorial canvases on view at the gallery\, or a t-shirt or cast-off article of clothing—Scooter paints with an earnestness that responds in the moment to what he sees and hears and feels about the world around him. Prehistoric cave paintings and the erotic murals of Pompeii mix with childhood memories and his experiences as a gay youth in leather bars\, creating an orgy of images that personalize and tap into the emotional content of his daily life and current interests. \nMoving from canvas to canvas\, everything exists simultaneously for Scooter—the passionate\, the arousing\, the disturbing. Immediate and unmediated\, he “hits” his canvases like a graffiti artist. With a painterly agility bordering on the absurd\, his canvases are focused because of the very centrality and honesty of his emotions—the unmitigated awareness of his odyssey and the plasticity of his medium become a unifying force in the story and visuals of his work. \n“What impresses me is the urgency with which he paints—the fluidity—his vulnerability and knowing subversiveness\,” says Jane Friedman\, Executive Director of Howl! Happening. \nScooter understands the rules of painting and adapts well to the nature of whatever surface presents itself—canvas\, wall\, ceramic object\, piece of clothing\, bag\, or pair of shoes—the gender fluidity\, the homoerotic\, the fairy tale energy are one with the artwork. \nDespite the recognizable pop culture imagery\, his painting is not a linear narrative about bunnies and bears and SpongeBob. There is a dark cloud that hangs over the fairy tale creatures and myths of his artmaking. Bed bugs\, dope\, addiction\, and the excesses of underground gluttony at sex clubs are also part of his experience and therefore an integral part of his painting. That dark cloud can be seen literally within a large mural he recently painted for a gay and lesbian youth center in Tel Aviv where four teens were murdered. That cloud restores complexity and reinstates the balance of delight and dread that is a hallmark of his work. \n \nWould You Be My Girlfriend?\, Tel Aviv Municipal LGBT Community Center\, 2018 \n  \nScooter is completely of this era: a time of gentrification\, art fairs\, and the economic paradox where a high-end boutique stands next to a welfare hotel—on a street notorious the world over as Skid Row. But his contribution to painting is not necessarily “topical.” Instead\, by delving into his emotional essence\, the authentic power of the work emerges\, full of ambiguity and dreamlike visions—invoking pleasure and an edge of danger—expressing what it feels to be gay and living on the dark side of troubling times. \nAbout Scooter LaForge \nScooter LaForge was born in Las Cruces\, New Mexico\, and moved to New York City in 2001 for a Cooper Union residency. Living in the East Village for the past 17 years\, his unique style has garnered the interest of curators and collectors. His work mines the rich catalog of art history\, infusing classical themes with a colorful sensibility. Bridging the gap between pop art and contemporary painting\, LaForge’s work redefines the medium for today. LaForge works in various media\, including painting\, sculpture\, and drawing\, employing unorthodox techniques and striking iconic images. In 2015\, the artist was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant. He is a frequent collaborator with his good friend Patricia Field. Exhibited internationally\, Scooter is currently exhibiting Creation of the Animals at Empirical Nonsense and will have his second solo show at HOWL! Happening\, Homo Eruptus\, in February 2019. \n  \nOpening Reception: February 14\, 2019 / 6–8 PM / Free \n  URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/scooter-laforge-homo-eruptus/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Howl1-24-1941470-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190219T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190219T160000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20160706T170122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200118T174033Z UID:10000044-1550584800-1550592000@www.howlarts.org 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/2565-2016-12-20-2017-06-06-2017-12-12-2018-02-20/2019-02-19/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12604881_1563039503987253_7380893755487607748_o-14.jpg GEO:40.7248189;-73.991658 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street New York City NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=6 East 1st Street:geo:-73.991658,40.7248189 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190219T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190219T180000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20160706T170758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190125T213727Z UID:10000061-1550592000-1550599200@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Insurance Doctor Is In DESCRIPTION:The 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-3-2016-12-19-2017-07-05-2017-12-11-2018-12-18-2019-01-15/2019-02-19/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12604881_1563039503987253_7380893755487607748_o-14.jpg GEO:40.7248189;-73.991658 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street New York City NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=6 East 1st Street:geo:-73.991658,40.7248189 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190227T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190227T210000 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20190123T164725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200428T173652Z UID:10000252-1551294000-1551301200@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Scooter LaForge: Scooterwear Workshop DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, multifaceted artist Scooter LaForge leads participants into a world of fantasy and imagination\, helping them to fashion a “statement” piece from a basic white t-shirt. Whether it’s expressed on the canvases on view in Homo Eruptus\, or a t-shirt or found object\, Scooter paints with an enthusiasm that is contagious. Participants will have their choice of two silkscreened t-shirts to use as their canvas. Acrylic paints and all materials will be provided. Limited to 15 people. Register here to reserve your space. \nLaForge’s workshop is part of the new\, free Vega Arts Workshops series\, educational initiatives designed to offer individuals access to the creative process and broaden opportunities to express themselves through the visual arts. Participants will produce their own works of art through hands-on experiences with acclaimed artists working in varied disciplines. \n\nAbout Scooter LaForge \nScooter LaForge is an artist who sees the world as a canvas of possibility. He has lived in the East Village for the past 17 years\, garnering the interest of curators and collectors with a unique style that mines the rich catalog of art history\, the artist’s fertile inner emotional realm\, and his extensive painterly vocabulary. \nLaForge works in various media—including sculpture\, painting\, and drawing—employing unorthodox techniques and striking iconic images. Homo Eruptus\, his second solo show at Howl! Happening\, presents explosive\, mammoth-sized canvases invoking prehistoric cave paintings and the erotic murals of Pompeii. \nThis same passion permeates LaForge’s painting on clothing. Often combine-like\, his works on garments are a walking journal of images\, where ideas are explored and refined—often making their way into the canvas. Above all\, Scooter is intuitive\, absorbing what surrounds and affects him\, “hitting” surfaces with the agility\, focus\, and passion of a graffiti artist. \nThe artist often collaborates with his good friend Patricia Field on garments\, and has supplied paintings to Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck\, who has incorporated LaForge’s imagery into the fabric of his menswear. \nLaForge’s paintings have been featured in shows at the Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York\, the Friedrichshof Museum in Vienna\, and the Spritmuseum/Absolut Art Collection in Sweden. His previous solo show at Howl! Happening\, How to Create a Monsterpiece\, was included on Autre’s list of top-10 exhibits of 2015. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/scooter-laforge-scooterwear-workshop/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Education,Events,Vega Arts Workshops Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/workshop1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190305 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190312 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20190225T231657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190313T200017Z UID:10000266-1551744000-1552348799@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:SPRING/BREAK: Scooter LaForge Mount Vesuvius Fire Sale DESCRIPTION:Spring/Break Art Show NYC \nScooter LaForge Mount Vesuvius Fire Sale \nCurated by Carlo McCormick \nBooth #W14\n \nFor Spring/Break\, Howl! is also pleased to offer the Mount Vesuvius Fire Sale\, curated by Carlo McCormick\, featuring works by Scooter LaForge. Inspired by his painting exhibition Homo Eruptus Mount Vesuvius will include amphora\, paintings and works associated with his show at Howl! Happening– up through March 13th. \nMaster pop-culture contextualizer and prose stylist McCormick updates a classic trope in this tongue-in-cheek “fire sale” of objects which might have been found in Pompeii and Herculaneum at the time when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 and buried both cities. Artifacts\, graffiti\, and racy murals all are preserved\, revealing what is hidden in contemporary culture: the erotic\, exotic\, and ribald…the rapturous freedom of desires. \n“Mount Vesuvius Fire Sale is a perfect manifestation of the subversive humor and social commentary inherent in both Carlo’s and Scooter’s work\,” says Jane Friedman\, executive director of Howl! Happening. “These 21st century souvenirs are satirical\, but the cloud hanging over all of us is dead serious in these troubling times.” \nCommenting on LaForge’s exhibition\, Homo Eruptus\, currently on view at Howl! Happening through March 13th\, McCormick begins his catalog essay by quoting a passage from Malcolm Lowry’s novel Under the Volcano: “I have no house\, only a shadow. But whenever you are in need of a shadow\, my shadow is yours.” \nCarlo goes on to say: \nAshes to ashes\, funk to funky\, we all live under a volcano\, in the shadows of a doubt. What is certain is only that we will each of us someday die; the only remaining mortal question is if it will be with a bang or a whimper. In an ambitious cycle of new paintings Scooter LaForge allows us the pleasure and peril of contemplating life in the shadows of extinction\, reimagining the frescoes of Pompeii through the bacchanal of another abruptly interrupted era: that of New York’s pre-AIDS gay nightlife. […] In a kind of postmodern marvel of time in a blender remix pastiche\, Scooter doesn’t simply deliver the engulfed and exhumed subterranean splendor of Pompeii but the great homosexual underground clubs that raged through the city of his youth\, the demise of the former conjoined in some anonymous sexual tryst with the latter. \nMount Vesuvius Fire Sale offers the chance to own a piece of history in the making\, as LaForge creates and memorializes historic remnants of a long-buried creative culture. \nFor information about Spring Break \n  \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y425tlXIH5w&feature=youtu.be URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/spring-break-scooter-laforge-mount-vesuvius-fire-sale/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Howl2-24-1942478-768x1152.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190305 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190312 DTSTAMP:20260606T162238 CREATED:20190225T233109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190303T214148Z UID:10000268-1551744000-1552348799@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:SPRING/BREAK: Tom Murrin: Welcome To Alien Flight School DESCRIPTION:Tom Murrin Collection /The Howl! Arts Archive \nBooth #W25 \nPerformance art is anything done with purpose and style. —Tom Murrin \nHowl! Happening is pleased to present Tom Murrin: Welcome to Alien Flight School\, a showcase of performances\, masks\, and props from The Howl! Arts Archive\, Collection: Tom Murrin. Also known as The Alien Comic and Jack Bump\, Murrin (February 8\, 1939–March 12\, 2012) was a performance pioneer whose life and work inspired artists and audiences for more than 40 years. The Howl! Arts Archive includes  his masks\, costumes\, scripts\, correspondence\, photographs\, and performance videos\, dating from the early 70s. \nAt Spring/Break\, Howl! will be showing an array of handmade masks\, costumes\, and videos that contextualize Murrin as an artist and performer. Known for engaging audiences directly in his mercurial and frenetic performances\, visuals were a unique part of Murrin’s shows. He made no distinction between his art and performance\,and was a masterful maker of masks and costumes using humble materials like cardboard\, plastic bags\, and funky objects found on the street. Rarely seen videos—like Merrill Aldighieri’s footage of a performance in Riverside Park in which Tom teaches parkgoers how to turn themselves into flying aliens—bring to life the full range of his work. \nAs a writer\, entertainer\, performance artist\, actor\, provocateur\, itinerant hit-and-run showman\, and in the loosest sense community organizer and teacher\, Tom never wanted to differentiate between the various aspects of his creative practice and engagement with the world. As long as it was understood that everything—Luna Macaroona\, The Alien Comic\, Tom Trash\, or Jack Bump doing Balloon Theater or Avant-Garde-Arama; playing punk rock clubs\, playgrounds\, and theaters; playwriting or being a journalist; and supporting many generations of younger performance artists—was of one entirety. \n      —Carlo McCormick\, April 2014 URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/spring-break/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/TOM1359CROPPED.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR