BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Howl! Arts - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Howl! Arts 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:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230615 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230806 DTSTAMP:20260608T033619 CREATED:20230512T171013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230916T212124Z UID:10000660-1686787200-1691279999@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Brian Butterick {Hattie Hathaway} and all they loved DESCRIPTION:DATES EXTENDED\nThursday\, Aug 3 / Friday\, Aug 4 / Saturday\, Aug 5\n12 PM – 6 PM\nAppointment Recommended\nEmail aldo@howlarts.org to make an appointment. \nHowl! Arts / Howl! Archive (HAHA) is pleased to present Brian Butterick {Hattie Hathaway} and all they loved – the first exhibition celebrating the life of Brian Butterick (1956 – 2019)\, also popularly known as Hattie Hathaway\, his performance drag persona. Drawn from Butterick’s personal archives in Howl’s collection\, on view will be documents\, images\, and writings by Brian as well as artists and performers in his orbit\, including many never seen before objects. A publication with additional content will be published later in the year alongside a Brian Butterick / Hattie Hathaway portal on www.howlarts.org.  \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n ►\n Explore 3D Space \n \n \n \n Brian Butterick {Hattie Hathaway} and all they loved\n \n \n \n\nButterick first became well known in the 1980s for booking and later managing the Pyramid Cocktail Lounge\, a venue that melded the performing arts with music and drag\, and which helped define the East Village drag\, gay\, punk\, and art scenes in the 80s. It was at the Pyramid\, where Brian developed his Hattie Hathaway alter ego. A name both derived from his grandmother Hattie\, whose name he found embroidered on an old suitcase after her death\, and for Nancy Kulp’s Miss Jane Hathaway character on the 1960s CBS sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies.  \n \n  \nBrian / Hattie expanded his work both as a producer and a performer throughout the 80s and 90s\, and was a founding member of the inventive musician/artists’ band 3 Teens Kill Four (3TK4)\, an early Pyramid mainstay that most often featured Brian\, Jesse Hultberg\, Julie Hair\, Doug Bressler\, and\, in their early years\, David Wojnarowicz. The group performed in the 1980s\, and then again in the 2010s. He also joined the Blacklips Performance Cult after inviting the group to perform at the Pyramid. In the 90s\, Brian co-produced Jackie 60\, a legendary Tuesday night party held weekly at the Meatpacking District dive club Mother. Following Mother’s closure in 2000\, Brian continued his lifelong love of the written word\, music\, and performance through the following decades at venues including Rapture Café\, the Three Penny Opera revival at Studio 54\, Club Cumming\, and the annual Howl! Festival.  \nBrian Butterick {Hattie Hathaway} and all they loved chronologically traces Butterick’s life\, beginning with a showcase of their 1970s poetry and a portrayal of early friendships with writers in New York City and Provincetown. Among the most significant of these relationships was Brian’s deep romance and creative collaboration with the artist David Wojnarowicz\, which continued from the late ‘70s into the early 1980s.  \nUsing photographs\, graphics\, flyers\, video\, posters\, press\, and a curated soundtrack\, The Pyramid Years are represented in the main gallery of Howl! Arts / Howl! Archive. The era is presented in two sections\, with 1981 – 1986 outlined in a traditional step pyramid shape\, and 1987 – 1995 defined by the triangular pyramid shape which was adopted by the Pyramid during those years. Loretta\, his first drag persona is featured. The two sections are split by a showcase of 3 Teens Kill 4. Throughout this gallery\, a projection of photos and videos will be displayed\, including interviews and videos of Brian with 3TK4\, Blacklips\, Jackie 60\, and the Gay-B-C’s series\, footage of the Pyramid\, and excerpts from various films.  The chronological ‘slide shows’ shared at Brian’s memorial will be on rotation. \nIn the rear gallery\, Brian’s 1990s participation with Blacklips Performance Cult and Jackie 60 is illustrated via printed enlargements\, invitations\, posters\, photos\, and clothing. Vitrines showcase open diaries\, letters\, and rare publications from Brian’s personal collection\, and an accompanying soundtrack projects Butterick’s words and related music. Our “Wall of Hattie”\, is composed of dozens of eye-popping\, wig-raising\, and colorful photos of Hattie Hathaway at countless events throughout their life.  \nLoosely re-imagining Brian’s living space in the second half of the back gallery is The Apartment. Here\, a large monitor projects journal entries and archival imagery ranging from the 1970s to the 2000s\, and a nearby metal file cabinet replicates the one in which Butterick kept his trove of nightlife and personal papers. At HAHA\, this cabinet includes folders containing copies of selected writings\, articles\, interviews and scripts that visitors can peruse. \nThroughout his life\, Brian saw openings\, found possibilities\, and created opportunities for countless artists. His generosity\, coupled with his keen economy of words\, wry humor\, and humble intellect sustain his legacy as a fierce creative force in the East Village community. Brian Butterick {Hattie Hathaway}– and all they loved serves to celebrate this legacy\, and everything that this artist\, provocateur\, and magnet for connection represents.  \nAbout Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive (HAHA) \nHowl! Arts Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the past and celebrating the contemporary culture of the East Village and Lower East Side. Based in New York City’s East Village\, Howl! Arts Inc. curates exhibitions and produces events that invite active participation of the community to circulate ideas\, generate discussion\, and celebrate the fearless innovators who continue to influence new generations. The organization encompasses dynamic cultural spaces and community-centered programming made possible with public and private contributions\, and support from The New York State Council on the Arts. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/brian-butterick-hattie-hathaway-and-all-they-loved/ LOCATION:HA/HA\, 250 Bowery\, 2nd Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10012\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery,HAHA,Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2-Brian-blowing-smoke_resized.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230731 DTSTAMP:20260608T033620 CREATED:20230626T191813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230916T212116Z UID:10000661-1688169600-1690761599@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:WATCHFACE PERFORMANCE COLLECTIVE DESCRIPTION:Special Events\, Exhibition\, and Website Launch \nHowl! Arts/Howl! Archive (HA/HA) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Watchface Archives and the launch of the Watchface Archives website\, with Special Events and an exhibition that showcases the performance collective’s wide-ranging and original work from 1983–1991. All events at HA/HA\, 250 Bowery\, 2nd Floor are free. \nThe Watchface Archive is now part of Howl!’s permanent collection and its new home on Howl’s website will be marked by the following events:    \nWednesday\, July 19\, 7 pm / Free \n\nA screening of Sodomite Warriors\, 1989\, followed by an additional LIVE performance by Chazz Dean and Kurt Fulton.\nA screening of Amelia Earhart from Pioneers of Aviation\, 1991 \nA new LIVE performance by Iris Rose.\n\nFriday\, July 21\, 7 pm / Free \n\nA screening of the complete Watchface reunion and tribute show at Dixon Place\, recorded on April 1\, 2016. It marked the only time all members of Watchface had performed together since the 1980s. They were joined by many special guests including David Cale\, Joseph Keckler\, and Carol Lipnik.\n\nA small-scale exhibit of selections from the Watchface Archives will be on display throughout the month of July. Since Watchface did much of its early work at the Pyramid Cocktail Lounge\, it complements the current major exhibition Brian Butterick (Hattie Hathaway) and all they loved\, which continues in the main gallery through July 30th.  \nWatchface by Mark Babushkin\nWatchface was a seven-member performance collective\, based in New York City\, who performed together in various combinations\, primarily in the East Village\, from February 1983 to July 1991—eventually creating 40 different works. The tight knit group included a brother and sister\, husband and wife\, and multiple sets of close friends and roommates. Watchface was Chazz Dean\, Kurt Fulton\, Kim X Knowlton\, Melanie Monios\, Iris Rose\, James Siena\, and Maggie Siena. \nThe name Watchface referred both to the act of seeing and to the measurement of time. Their shows always displayed an awareness of time as an organizing principle of structure\, and the content of their strong visual presentation of dense\, rhythmic choreography sprang from observation of human behavior in all levels of society. The performer was the primary visual element with little emphasis on the theatrical devices of lighting\, setting\, or costume\, which made the pieces easily adaptable to many different spaces and audiences.  \nWatchface was composed of diverse personalities with strengths in a wide range of disciplines: dance\, theater\, two- and three-dimensional art\, graphics\, music\, and writing. In spite of the diversity in form\, content\, and media in their work\, the Watchface identity was clearly evident throughout: an irreverent sense of humor combined with a sincere investigation for the kernel of truth applied to subjects as varied as madness\, family violence\, undesirable personal habits\, and shopping at Woolworth’s.   \nTheir work began in East Village clubs like the Pyramid\, 8BC\, and Darinka\, but later included performance spaces like Franklin Furnace\, PS 122\, and La MaMa. They also performed at the ICA in London\, MOCA in Los Angeles\, and the Alley Theatre in Houston. \nWatchface disbanded in the fall of 1990 but was revived by three of its members for one more show the following summer – 2000 Questions at Serious Fun! at Lincoln Center. All seven members reunited for an evening of performance at Dixon Place on April 1\, 2016\, to celebrate Dixon Places 30th anniversary and the completion and launch of Watchface’s archival website. \nImage: Sodomite Warriors. Photo by Ken Schles URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/watchface-performance-collective/ LOCATION:HA/HA\, 250 Bowery\, 2nd Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10012\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery,HAHA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sodomite-Warriors.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR