BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Howl! Arts - ECPv6.18.4//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:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD 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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T180000 DTSTAMP:20250405T182129Z CREATED:20241206T215853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250405T182129Z UID:10000687-1734192000-1734199200@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:THE GREAT CLIMATE CHANGE - Staged Reading DESCRIPTION:The Great Climate Change\n \nby Tammy Gomez\, Coni Koepfinger\, Madeleine Popkin\, and Rhiannon Ling \nwith Paula Cizmar\, Damon Chua\, Alexis Roblan\, and Aimee Greenberg \ndirected by Peculiar Works’ Ralph Lewis and Aimee Greenberg of California’s fruitlessmoon theatreworks\n \nFor THE GREAT CLIMATE CHANGE\, Directors Greenberg and Lewis are collaborating with a unique team of activist playwrights from across the country to investigate how theater can respond to our changing climate\, creating a cautionary\, science fiction tale of inequity and displacement set in a dystopian future of ravaged coasts and devastated forests. \nFeaturing:\nStan Baker • Lindsay Brill • Russ Kane • Austin Kirk • Jon Lonoff • Catherine Porter • Maria Isabella Rojas • Jenny Selig • Alisha Spielmann • Dan Lane Williams \nPeculiar Works Project was founded by Ralph Lewis\, Catherine Porter\, and Barry Rowell in 1993 to create\, develop\, and present original\, multi-disciplinary\, site-based performance that investigate the essential issues of our time. Our award-winning company encourages collaboration\, experimentation\, and a rebel spirit in artists by providing them with the tools and opportunities needed for artistic exploration. We perform in unconventional\, non-theater spaces because we believe artistic work wakes up a site\, these sites in turn transform the work\, and audiences experience both in surprising new ways. \nPeculiar Works projects are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs\, in partnership with the City Council\, and from New York City Council member Christopher Marte; and with private funds from the Mental Insight Foundation\, as well as our many\, wonderful\, individual donors. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/the-great-climate-change-staged-reading/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery,Happening Soon,Performance,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/climate2_900px.png 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:20241213T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241213T203000 DTSTAMP:20241231T141125Z CREATED:20241204T015618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241231T141125Z UID:10000686-1734112800-1734121800@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:TWO FILMS BY MERRILL ALDIGHIERI DESCRIPTION:PREMIERE OF TWO FILMS BY MERRILL ALDIGHIERI\nSHÖX LUMANIA MANIA\nNEW ORDER ILLUSTRÉ \n \nSHÖX LUMANIA MANIA (run time: 1 hour 9 minutes)\nThis feature includes four interviews with the band Shöx Lumania and a full concert from 1980. An underground favorite of Klaus Nomi\, the band was known for changing costumes between every song. It was also electronic-hip-hop pioneer Man Parrish’s first band\, and he restored the film’s soundtrack. Filmmaker Merrill Aldighieri collaborated with the band on several experimental films\, excerpts of which enhance the visuals. Shöx Lumania was truly a unicorn of the new wave. \nSHÖX LUMANIA trailers\n\n \n\nNEW ORDER ILLUSTRÉ (run time: 33 minutes)\nOn September 26\, 1980\, the band New Order made its New York City debut. This director’s cut of their historic full concert features commentary by bassist Peter Hook. It marks the first recording of the band as they struggled to find their voice following lead singer Ian Curtis’ untimely death. Like an illuminated tome\, Aldighieri embellishes her original concert video with experimental graphics\, animations\, and explorations of painter L.S. Lowry’s work. Lowry\, who passed away just a few years before Curtis\, created art inspired by the same industrial region of England. New Order’s music brought a new soundscape to the region\, much as Lowry baptized its landscapes in art. \nThe film’s concert setlist features “In a Lonely Place\,” “Procession\,” “Dreams Never End\,” “Mesh\,” “Truth\,” “Cries and Whispers\,” and “Ceremony.” \nNEW ORDER ILLUSTRÉ trailer URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/two-films-by-merrill-aldighieri/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery,Happening Soon,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MerrillAldighieriShoxFilmStill.png 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:20240907T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240907T203000 DTSTAMP:20241005T175152Z CREATED:20240829T210806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241005T175152Z UID:10000685-1725732000-1725741000@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Bushwick Book Club presents EVERGREEN REVIEW - AIR DESCRIPTION:BUSHWICK BOOK CLUB and historic literary journal EVERGREEN REVIEW team up to present new\, original music and performance in response to writing on the theme of AIR. \n \nJoin us for a night of nerdy daredevilry inspired by Evergreen Review\, delivered as only Bushwick Book Club knows how. \nPerformances and art by:\nJim Andralis\nTheresa Byrnes\nBugsy Gabriel\nIsaac Gerard\nJohn S. Hall\nBob Holman\nSusan Hwang\nYoko Kikuchi\nRB Korbet\nLarry Krone\nMargo Luxlun\nUila Marx\nHelen Oji\nLianne Smith\nAlexis Vinzons \nSelected writing on the theme of AIR:\nCrooked and Loose by Keller Easterling\nOne for you\, one for me. by Younis B. Azeem:\nBeauty\, Vindication by Jamie Kahn\nDear Sparrow\, Take Me Home! and Not Yet Spring by Haya Abu Nasser\nOcean is There by Izumi Ueda Yuu\nPantisex Time by Andrew Miller\nDeluge Over Winesburg and Other Poems by Lily Wood \nEvergreen is a historic U.S. based literary magazine\, first published in 1957 and known for its commitment to the progressive side of politics. They debuted pivotal works by Samuel Beckett\, Charles Bukowski\, William S. Burroughs\, Marguerite Duras\, Allen Ginsberg\, Jack Kerouac\, Norman Mailer\, Henry Miller\, Pablo Neruda\, Vladimir Nabokov\, Frank O’Hara\, Susan Sontag and Malcolm X. \nThe Bushwick Book Club is a literature-inspired performance series and podcast that invites local songwriters and artists to plumb the depths of a chosen literary gem to create that rare and beautiful thing – a new song (or visual art\, dance\, film or snack). All songs are then performed at a live show. The Bushwick Book Club now has several branches all over the world\, including Seattle\, Portland\, Oakland\, Los Angeles\, Santa Barbara\, New Orleans\, Greenville\, NC\, London and Malmö\, Sweden. \nImage: Bill Jones – Mothra\, 2021\, Unique cyanotype\, 19 x 26 inches\nEvent Photos – Bob Krasner URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/bushwick-book-club-presents-evergreen-review-air/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery,Happening Soon,Performance,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Bill-Jones_Mothra_medium.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:20240711 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240812 DTSTAMP:20240721T204626Z CREATED:20240620T205800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240721T204626Z UID:10000683-1720656000-1723420799@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:CURT HOPPE: DOWNTOWN PORTRAITS REVISITED DESCRIPTION:Opening reception: Thursday\, July 11\, 5–8 PM\n\nHowl! Arts | Howl! Archive is pleased to present Downtown Portraits Revisited\, an exhibition featuring Curt Hoppe’s large-scale realist paintings and black-and-white photographs of New York City artist friends. These were first exhibited five years ago at Howl! Happening in conjunction with Frank Bernarducci Gallery. Since then\, we’ve experienced not only the loss of some of the artists who are subjects in his series\, but significant changes in our daily lives due to the recent viral pandemic. \nCurt has enjoyed a successful 45-year career driven by meaningful relationships with pioneering downtown creators. While many of the artists\, writers\, musicians\, activists\, and art entrepreneurs appearing in the series are now well known\, this project was conceived not as a hall of fame but as a personal homage. Hoppe has been inspired not only by his subject’s youthful achievements but also by their lifelong perseverance and creativity. \n“It all started with Arturo\,” says Hoppe of the late Arturo Vega\, his longtime friend. His larger-than-life painting of Vega\, who was both the inspiration for Howl! Happening and the subject of the first portrait in the Downtown Portraits series\, will be featured in the exhibition. \nWhat started as one large realist painting became a nine-year project for Hoppe. As a longtime downtown New York denizen\, he pays tribute to the core group of artists who welcomed and guided him since the mid 70s\, continuing to inspire him as both an artist and a member of a vibrant creative community. “I wanted the exhibition to be forward-looking\,” Hoppe says. “These artists found a way to survive and to thrive\, and their wisdom continues to have a profound impact on today’s culture. We’re cooler now than we were back then. Our lives are on our faces.” \nCopies of the Downtown Portraits catalog published in 2019 will be available for sale. The catalog features photographs and paintings\, along with essays by Marc H. Miller\, Walter Robinson\, and others. It examines the cultural themes and community that defined downtown New York in the 1970s and 1980s. \nLinks to two great articles on Downtown Portraits:\nhttps://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/curt-hoppe/\nhttp://www.itchysilk.com/curt-hoppe-journeys-into-hype \nLink to trailer of Paul Tschinkel’s ART/new york documentary on Downtown Portraits URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/curt-hoppe-downtown-revisited/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery,Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/HoppeEventImage1.png 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:20240613 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240701 DTSTAMP:20240704T191512Z CREATED:20240525T215719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240704T191512Z UID:10000680-1718236800-1719791999@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:LOLA FLASH AND ALICE O’MALLEY DESCRIPTION:LOLA FLASH + ALICE O’MALLEY TALK ABOUT THEIR SLIDESHOWS – JUNE 27\, 2024. \n \nOpening Thursday\, June 13\, 5–8 PM\n\nPhotographers Lola Flash and Alice O’Malley are both veterans of women’s clubs and AIDS activism in 1990s New York. Howl! Happening is pleased to present their individually curated slide shows\, primarily featuring images from that indelible decade\, displayed on opposite walls of the gallery. \nBy 1990\, photo slide shows had become a nearly instant\, affordable way to celebrate queer beauty and militant eroticism within our clubhouses. Group empowerment and reflecting our unity were crucial during those heady years. We railed against censorship and queer phobia\, while AIDS ravaged friends\, family\, and lovers\, because we had no effective medicines to suppress it and a government that vilified us. These photographs gave us visibility and strength. Come see. \nIn addition\, the exhibition will feature a constellation of prints from Alice O’Malley’s slide show\, along with Lola Flash’s vibrant metal portraits of downtown New York LEGENDS and a trio of images from her surmise series. \nLola Flash\, a New Jersey native and longtime figure in New York’s downtown scene\, is an activist who documents themes of race\, age\, and gender. Flash was an active member of ACT UP during the AIDS epidemic in New York City and was notably featured in the 1989 “Kissing Doesn’t Kill” poster. Their art and activism are deeply connected\, fueling a lifelong commitment to visibility and preserving the legacy of LGBTQIA+ communities and communities of color worldwide. \nFlash has worked as a practicing artist and teacher in the US and UK\, with numerous international exhibitions and commissions over the past several decades. Their work is included in significant public collections such as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London\, MoMA\, the Whitney\, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture\, inviting audiences to not only look but truly see. \nAlice O’Malley worked as a coat checker at the Clit Club in the early ’90s\, a renowned BIPOC-centered lesbian nightclub in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. Unaware of the club’s no-camera policy\, she photographed patrons using high-speed black-and-white film\, often in the corridors of the club’s basement rooms. \nOver the next decade\, O’Malley documented live performances on late-night stages at venues such as the Pyramid\, Jackie 60\, Squeezebox\, Club Casanova\, and other downtown parties. This explosion of queer nightlife occurred against the backdrop of the AIDS crisis\, which devastated the community and claimed the lives of many close friends and creatives. Comrades from the previous night’s parties would find each other in the daylight\, rallying against the government’s failed response to the crisis\, chanting in the streets\, “ACT UP! Fight Back! Fight AIDS!” \nAlice O’Malley is an image maker best known for their portraits of New York’s downtown demimonde. O’Malley’s pictures have been exhibited\, collected\, and published widely. They teach at the International Center of Photography and are represented by John Marchant Gallery in Brighton UK. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/lola-flash-and-alice-omalley/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery,Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AliceAndLola1080x720.png 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:20240607T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240607T200000 DTSTAMP:20240603T123111Z CREATED:20240603T123111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240603T123111Z UID:10000681-1717783200-1717790400@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL BENEFIT FOR UNICEF DESCRIPTION:Howl! Happening is pleased to host Stuyvesant High School’s 2nd UNICEF Club fundraising event. \nThere will be a wide variety of performances from Stuyvesant High School students including poetry\, music\, theater\, and modern dance! Admission is free for all. The community is invited to join Howlers\, students\, parents\, and faculty to experience the performances and learn more about UNICEF. All donations go directly to supporting children through UNICEF. Howl! salutes Stuyvesant High School’s youth participation and action in the arts for this worthy cause. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/stuyvesant-high-school-benefit-for-unicef-2/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Happening Now,Happening Soon,Performance,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/UNICEF3.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:20240209T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240209T200000 DTSTAMP:20240201T212053Z CREATED:20240201T211900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T212053Z UID:10000676-1707501600-1707508800@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL BENEFIT FOR UNICEF DESCRIPTION:Howl! Happening is pleased to host a fundraising concert for Stuyvesant High School’s UNICEF Club on February 9th from 6-8 PM.  \nLive music\, poetry\, and more by talented student groups including Stuy A Capella\, Stuy Indian Classics Club\, and Stuy Poetry Hub will highlight the evening. The community is invited to join Howlers\, students\, parents\, and faculty to experience the performances and learn more about UNICEF. All donations go directly to supporting children through UNICEF. Howl! salutes Stuyvesant High School’s youth participation and action in the arts for this worthy cause. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/stuyvesant-high-school-benefit-for-unicef/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Happening Now,Happening Soon,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/stuyindianclassics1-scaled.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:20231102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231218 DTSTAMP:20231103T174030Z CREATED:20230807T234315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T174030Z UID:10000666-1698883200-1702857599@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:SCOOTER LAFORGE: Tee Hee Hee DESCRIPTION:A T-shirt Extravaganza\nOpening Reception: Thursday\, November 2\, 2023 at 6 PM \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n ►\n Explore 3D Space \n \n \n \n Scooter LaForge\n \n \n \n\nOne thing we at Howl! Arts love about Scooter LaForge is his spontaneity—in his creative gestures and in life. He’s an experimenter\, he takes a chance. The energy of his creation flows out into the world in forms as diverse as paintings\, sculpture\, clothing\, jewelry\, set design\, ETC. He is a brilliant painter who does not edit his work to perfection. In fact\, it is that roughness combined with elegance that always surprises. He tells the ugly truths about injustice where he sees it and at the same time gives us a world of sweet animals and creatures that open the heart and make us smile. \nWearing a t-shirt by Scooter is fun. You get noticed. They’re one of a kind. The shirt says “You are unique.” No need to wait for the end of the show: take it home with you right away and start wearing it\, or gift it to a friend. On the spot block printing and painting will replenish the stock throughout the Tee Hee Hee exhibition event at Howl! Happening\, 6 East First Street. \n\nScooter LaForge (b. Las Cruces\, New Mexico) is a New York-based artist who has lived in the East Village for the past 18 years. His unique style mines the catalog of art history by infusing classical themes with a colorful sensibility. LaForge works in various media\, including painting\, sculpture\, and drawing\, and employs unorthodox techniques and striking iconic images. \nOften combine-like\, his works are a walking journal of images where ideas are explored and refined. LaForge approaches painting intuitively\, absorbing what surrounds him and working on the canvas with agility and focus—drawing from a fertile inner emotional realm and an extensive painterly vocabulary. \nHis paintings have been shown at the Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York\, the Friedrichshof Museum in Vienna\, and the Spritmuseum/Absolut Art Collection in Sweden. \nIn 2015\, the artist was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant. He holds a BFA in painting from the University of Arizona. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/scooter-laforge-tee-hee-hee/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery,Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/image0-1.jpeg 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:20231007T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231007T200000 DTSTAMP:20230916T212006Z CREATED:20230804T213055Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230916T212006Z UID:10000671-1696701600-1696708800@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Directed by Flloyd: An Evening of Video and Film Work DESCRIPTION:In addition to his visual arts and performance art career\, Flloyd is also well-known for his significant body of work behind-the-camera. In a single evening showing the highlights of films and videos directed by Flloyd\, attendees will get a full view of Flloyd’s breadth and depth as a filmmaker. \nThe evening will begin with a summary of Flloyd’s short films and music videos\, including a short film titled “Field Day” (4 min\, 50 sec)\, music videos made for his band 3Puen\, music videos made with his band Flock of Slits\, the opening credits of Channel 69\, and selections from Flloyd’s own public access TV show Gay Action News. \nFollowing a short intermission\, the event will culminate in a screening of Flloyd’s feature length film\, Jack the Ripper. Directed between 1992 and 2002\, Flloyd directed and produced a film adaptation of Blacklips Performance Cult’s greatest plays\, Love Forever’s “Jack the Ripper.” Starring the cast of Blacklips\, this all-black-and-white feature follows the story of local sex workers living under the black cloud of a serial killer of women lurking the streets at night. One by one\, they are murdered in high stylized fashion by Jack (played by Flloyd). \nNever released and rarely screened\, Jack the Ripper remains a high mark in Flloyd’s prowess as a director and the entire cast of Blacklips\, who provide their singular talents in this historic drag film. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/directed-by-flloyd-an-evening-of-video-and-film-work/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibition,Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/movie-night_resized.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:20230930T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230930T170000 DTSTAMP:20231003T214953Z CREATED:20230803T212543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T214953Z UID:10000670-1696086000-1696093200@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Dicks and Divas Silk Screening event with Flloyd DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to Howl! for a Dicks and Divas silk-screening event open to the public. Artist Flloyd will provide the silk-screens\, inks\, and designs for attendees to silk-screen personal items in various sizes and designs. Attendees will be able to choose 4 design options\, two dicks and two divas. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/dicks-and-divas-silk-screening-event-with-flloyd/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibition,Happening Soon,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/silk-screen-night.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:20230923T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230923T200000 DTSTAMP:20231003T211620Z CREATED:20230802T212210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T211620Z UID:10000669-1695492000-1695499200@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Flloyd’s Channel 69 Trilogy: Hosted by Linda Simpson and Flloyd DESCRIPTION:A special screening of Flloyd’s breakthrough drag performances of the 1990s\, followed by live commentary with Flloyd and Linda Simpson. In the early 1990s\, Linda Simpson hosted Channel 69\, a variety entertainment program which brought the East Village drag scene to public television. The series featured new and upcoming queens of the era\, including Flloyd’s special dedicated episodes\, where he presented his groundbreaking “Drag Trilogy.” \nWhile many of the performances featured on Channel 69 constituted of regular drag performance\, Flloyd’s “Drag Trilogy” marked a conceptual turn for the show\, and for Flloyd as an artist. Prior to 1990\, Flloyd performed as Felicia with his band The People Tree. Taking inspiration from RuPaul\, Ethyl Eichelberger\, and Lypsinka\, Felicia soon transformed into a more daring performer who would go on to make a greater impact in the East Village scene. \nFlloyd would go onto the develop the “Drag Trilogy” for Channel 69 the same year. The cycle is broken down in three 30-minute specials: “This You Won’t Believe\,” “Sex Clown\,” and “Facility Girl (A Tribute to National Secretary’s Day).” Each of the numbers bleed into each other conceptually\, innovating and expanding on performative elements first explored by artists like Lypsinka\, such as the inclusion of dialogue. Flloyd’s “Drag Trilogy” marks an outstanding breakthrough in drag history and for Flloyd as an artist. \nThe evening will open with Flloyd’s Wigstock Performance\, following a screening of the complete “Drag Trilogy\,” followed by a Q+A discussion with Flloyd and Linda Simpson to discuss the importance of these performances and their legacies within the community. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/flloyds-channel-69-trilogy-hosted-by-linda-simpson-and-flloyd/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibition,Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/drag-night.png 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:20230909 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231023 DTSTAMP:20231022T170600Z CREATED:20230801T174858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231022T170600Z UID:10000668-1694217600-1698019199@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:FLLOYD: DICKS AND DIVAS DESCRIPTION:Exhibition and Events \nClosing Reception: Sunday\, October 22 / 3 – 5 PM \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n ►\n Explore 3D Space \n \n \n \n Flloyd at Howl! Happening\n \n \n \n\nIn an exhibition and series of events showcasing his entire career\, Howl! Happening is proud to present FLLOYD’s latest body of work: DICKS and DIVAS. Veering between the iconographic\, pornographic\, and other sensual worlds\, Flloyd unites his fundamental passions in one show. Unapologetic\, persistent\, and honest – Flloyd’s current work concerns itself with erotic desire\, the muse\, and modulation. Through a sequence wave of dots translated onto paper or canvas\, each shape functions as a codex to create the image. Undulating forms of abstraction assemble into objects of fascination\, beauty\, and power\, before dispersing once again into mystery. Each work can be enjoyed on the level of the image (the icon) and the level of the painting (the abstraction). \nThe exhibition continues through October 22nd and is highlighted by a series of events with special guests and screenings of his video and film work including The Channel 69 Triology hosted by Flloyd and Linda Simpson and a Premiere of his solo Performance\, Flock of Slits. (see complete list below) \nFlloyd is a performance artist\, filmmaker\, electronic music producer\, and painter. Known for his unique ability to portray horror\, beauty\, and humor in a single moment\, Flloyd is an inimitable presence and longstanding member of NYC’s Lower East Side and East Village art scenes. Among the likes of RuPaul and Lady Bunny\, Flloyd was an early establishing force from the influential Atlanta drag scene that planted its roots on the Pyramid stage. He has presented his groundbreaking performances at several iterations of Wigstock and is prominently featured in the feature-length Berry Shills 1995 production. He has acted and done performance art off-Broadway at La Mama\, the Kitchen\, P.S. 122\, Here\, and the Guggenheim. \nBetween 1992 and 1995\, Flloyd was a member of the Blacklips Performance Cult\, presenting original plays such as Death\, Tooth: A Disco Butoh\, Trouble with Blacklips\, and adapted for the stage\, Nashville and Jem and the Holograms. He has also directed many short films and released in 2002 his first feature film which is an adaptation of a Blacklips’ play Jack the Ripper. \n\nSPECIAL EVENTS \nSaturday\, September 23 / 6–8 PM\nFlloyd’s Channel 69 Trilogy: Hosted by Linda Simpson and Flloyd\nA special screening of Flloyd’s breakthrough drag performances of the 1990s\, followed by live commentary with Flloyd and Linda Simpson. In the early 1990s\, Linda Simpson hosted Channel 69\, a variety entertainment program which brought the East Village drag scene to public television. The series featured new and upcoming queens of the era\, including Flloyd’s special dedicated episodes\, where he presented his groundbreaking “Drag Trilogy.” \nWhile many of the performances featured on Channel 69 constituted of regular drag performance\, Flloyd’s “Drag Trilogy” marked a conceptual turn for the show\, and for Flloyd as an artist. Prior to 1990\, Flloyd performed as Felicia with his band The People Tree. Taking inspiration from RuPaul\, Ethyl Eichelberger\, and Lypsinka\, Felicia soon transformed into a more daring performer who would go on to make a greater impact in the East Village scene. \nFlloyd would go onto the develop the “Drag Trilogy” for Channel 69 the same year. The cycle is broken down in three 30-minute specials: “This You Won’t Believe\,” “Sex Clown\,” and “Facility Girl (A Tribute to National Secretary’s Day).” Each of the numbers bleed into each other conceptually\, innovating and expanding on performative elements first explored by artists like Lypsinka\, such as the inclusion of dialogue. Flloyd’s “Drag Trilogy” marks an outstanding breakthrough in drag history and for Flloyd as an artist. \nThe evening will open with Flloyd’s Wigstock Performance\, following a screening of the complete “Drag Trilogy\,” followed by a Q+A discussion with Flloyd and Linda Simpson to discuss the importance of these performances and their legacies within the community. \nSaturday\, September 30th / 3–5 PM \nDicks and Divas Silk Screening event with Flloyd\nYou’re invited to Howl! for a Dicks and Divas silk-screening event open to the public. Artist Flloyd will provide the silk-screens\, inks\, and designs for attendees to silk-screen personal items in various sizes and designs. Attendees will be able to choose 4 design options\, two dicks and two divas. \nSaturday\, October 7 / 6–8 PM\nDirected by Flloyd: An Evening of Video and Film Work\nIn addition to his visual arts and performance art career\, Flloyd is also well-known for his significant body of work behind-the-camera. In a single evening showing the highlights of films and videos directed by Flloyd\, attendees will get a full view of Flloyd’s breadth and depth as a filmmaker. \nThe evening will begin with a summary of Flloyd’s short films and music videos\, including a short film titled “Field Day” (4 min\, 50 sec)\, music videos made for his band 3Puen\, music videos made with his band Flock of Slits\, the opening credits of Channel 69\, and selections from Flloyd’s own public access TV show Gay Action News. \nFollowing a short intermission\, the event will culminate in a screening of Flloyd’s feature length film\, Jack the Ripper. Directed between 1992 and 2002\, Flloyd directed and produced a film adaptation of Blacklips Performance Cult’s greatest plays\, Love Forever’s “Jack the Ripper.” Starring the cast of Blacklips\, this all-black-and-white feature follows the story of local sex workers living under the black cloud of a serial killer of women lurking the streets at night. One by one\, they are murdered in high stylized fashion by Jack (played by Flloyd). \nNever released and rarely screened\, Jack the Ripper remains a high mark in Flloyd’s prowess as a director and the entire cast of Blacklips\, who provide their singular talents in this historic drag film. \n  \nCANCELED \nSaturday\, October 14th / 6 PM\nFlloyd Presents: Flock of Slits: A Premiere Performance \n  \n  \nImage: Flloyd\, Sissy\, oil on canvas\, 2023. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/flloyd-dicks-and-divas/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibition,Gallery,Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Sissy-oil-on-canvas_resized.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:20230521T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230521T180000 DTSTAMP:20230510T192049Z CREATED:20230510T192025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T192049Z UID:10000659-1684681200-1684692000@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Closing Celebration | HAROLD SHAPINSKY: ABSTRACT SOUL DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the artist’s birthday (May 21\, 1925) and the closing of  Harold Shapinsky: Abstract Soul. The event will directly follow the final performance of Pat Irwin: Music for Electric Guitar\, Cello\, and Violin.  \nHowl! Arts/Howl! Archive is pleased to present Harold Shapinsky: Abstract Soul\, an exhibition of his paintings and drawings\, on view from March 23 through May 21\, 2023. The exhibition marks Shapinsky’s first solo exhibition in New York since the 90s and will showcase works spanning from the 1940s to the late 80s\, including many rarely- and never-exhibited works like early figurative paintings and the elegant\, modest-sized paper paintings for which he is best known. Together the paintings in the exhibition illuminate the remarkable story of the artist’s long-overlooked practice in New York and his late career rise to recognition as a significant Abstract Expressionist. \nREAD MORE  URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/closing-celebration-harold-shapinsky-abstract-soul/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,HAHA,Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/033A3728_web.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:20230427 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230605 DTSTAMP:20230602T181931Z CREATED:20230407T175731Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230602T181931Z UID:10000657-1682553600-1685923199@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:WALTER STEDING: This is My Voice DESCRIPTION:Closing Reception: Saturday June 3 | 3-6 PM \nJoin us at Howl! Happening Saturday\, June 3rd from 3 – 6 PM for the closing reception for WALTER STEDING: This Is My Voice. Celebrate with an afternoon of music\, poetry\, and art including special guests Penny Arcade\, Linda Kleinbub\, Stewart Meyer\, Puma Perl\, Barbara Rosenthal\, and Jeffrey Cyphers Wright. \n  \nThere is an ethereal other-worldly characteristic inherent in the images like they are trying to tell the viewer a secret. —Emma Zakarevicius \n  \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n ►\n Explore 3D Space \n \n \n \n Walter Steding: This is My Voice\n \n \n \n\n  \nHowl! Happening is pleased to present an exhibition of portraits and allegorical paintings by Walter Steding that move beyond representation to hidden and poetic unseen worlds. An artist who has worked in many mediums— acting\, writing\, filmmaking\, music\, painting—his personal lexicon creates an alchemical mix projecting these works into a deeper\, more mystical realm.  \nSteding—who was Andy Warhol’s painting assistant and is a virtuosic violinist well known for developing his own electronic instruments and performing solo and with Blondie\, Jim Carroll\, David Byrne\, Chic\, Robert Fripp and Panther Burns—has been painting since he was 5 years old. \nHis portraits go beyond Realism. They fix you with an intense focus from a purely pictorial space\, floating in a neutral background that emphasizes all the more the essence of the sitter\, whether it be the Grand Prior of the Knights Templar\, the Golem\, a jester\, a family portrait\, or a dog\, \nCapturing the essence of his subjects\, he says he is concerned with the world of “non-being” that transmutes his sitters’ physiognomy into a virtual space of pure imagination. The simplicity and straightforward gaze\, reduces the critical “noise” representing external reality and the viewer can experience these people and creatures\, as through an abstract lens of shapes\, colors\, and forms. \nIn his painting\, The Fall of Boaz\, the two pillars of Solomon’s Temple crash and burn in the background while a cast of characters and symbols create a tableau upfront that fuses his esoteric knowledge and understanding of art history. His straightforward manner allows one to by-pass the actual image and artistic style and inhabit the allegorical space of his imaginative world. \nLike an old master painting\, Storming the Capital is all metaphor and stylized emotion and relies on the observers’ interpretations of the meaning that Steding sets forth. Clearly emotional in tone\, it insists on a deeper spiritual meaning portraying issues of life\, death\, love\, virtue\, and justice.  \nIn an interview with Brainard Carey on Yale’s WYBC radio\, Steding calls himself a “recording artist\,” a description that draws upon threads of creativity woven of color and sound. “Both art and music use “harmony\,” says this the multi-talented creator\, “and the vibrations of color and sound permeate and transmute each other.”  \nLike many of the artists and people of the Lower East Side\, Steding’s generation continues to create\, “[We] have something to say about our culture\, our time\, and what’s happening today\,” he says. “There is a chance that art and music can have a voice and here is my voice.” \n  \nImage: Walter Steding “Storming The Capitol”\, Oil on Canvas. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/this-is-my-voice/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery,Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CapStormPhoto_crop.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:20230316T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230316T203000 DTSTAMP:20230313T172135Z CREATED:20230313T165342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230313T172135Z UID:10000654-1678989600-1678998600@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:LiVE MAG! No. 19: The EDGY ISSUE DESCRIPTION:HOWL! HAPPENING presents 5 Years of Partnership with LiVE MAG! Join us for an evening of Art\, Film\, and Poetry to celebrate the release of The EDGY ISSUE hosted by Publisher Jeffrey Cyphers Wright and Editors Ilka Scobie and Lori Oritz. \nLiVE MAG! has evolved from its original conception as an onstage event and produces multiple live shows and an annual journal of art and poetry. To celebrate the release of its 19th issue\, LiVE MAG! will present a selection of readings from The EDGY ISSUE along with a screening of short films by Luigi Cazzaniga\, Sono Kuwayama\, and Marcia Resnick. The event will also highlight artwork in the new issue including a presentation by the painter Brett De Palma. Other guests include Sarah Arvio\, Max Blagg\, and Leah Elimeliah. \n\nAbout LiVE MAG!: LiVE MAG! was born to run at the Bowery Poetry Club. It began when Bob Holman asked Jeff Wright to produce a show. Wright conceived the show as a performance/publication event where publishers\, writers\, and audiences could swap and share. The idea was that by reading\, or staging\, a poem it would be like publishing it. \nJeffrey Cyphers Wright: LiVE MAG! publisher moved to New York City in 1976 and began Hard Press\, publishing poetry postcards and books Wright has written 18 books of poetry including Blue Lyre\, Triple Crown\, Employment of the Apes\, All in All\, and Take Over with a foreword by Allen Ginsberg.  \nIlka Scobie: LiVE MAG! Deputy Editor\, is a native New Yorker\, poet and art critic. She has written extensively for artnet and currently contributes to London’s Artlyst. Recent poems have appeared in Poetry in Performance\, Vanitas\, and here/there. She was also Deputy Editor of Cover Magazine. \nLori Ortiz LiVE MAG! Associate Editor\, Designer/Developer\, holds a BFA from Alfred University has enjoyed an accomplished painting career. She has written arts journalism for NYC and national cultural trade and weekly publications since 2003 and is the author of Disco Dance. She has been a member of the design and web developer communities since 2009. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/live-mag-no-19-the-edgy-issue/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Happening Soon,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/LIVE-MAG.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:20221217T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221217T170000 DTSTAMP:20221213T184905Z CREATED:20221213T184905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221213T184905Z UID:10000650-1671289200-1671296400@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Panel Talk: The Mainstreaming of Graffiti DESCRIPTION:Moderator: Carlo McCormick \nPanelists: Lee Quinones\, Dave Chino\, Crash\, Charlie Ahearn \n A discussion led by New York art critic Carlo McCormick will explore graffiti’s intersection and dissemination into popular culture with artists who have played a primary role. \n\nCarlo McCormick is an American culture critic and curator living in New York City. He is the author of numerous books\, monographs\, and catalogs on contemporary art and artists. \n Lee Quiñones was born in Ponce\, Puerto Rico\, in 1960\, and raised in New York City’s Lower East Side. One of the originators of street art\, Quiñones started painting on city streets and subway cars in the 1970s. Over the next decade\, he would paint over 100 whole subway cars throughout the MTA system\, to then shift to a studio-based practice. Lee was instrumental in moving street art above the ground when he created the first handball-court mural in 1978. He has presented numerous solo shows and exhibited internationally; his first exhibition was at Galleria La Medusa\, Rome\, in 1979. \n Charlie Ahearn has been involved in hip hop since the late 70s with his Super-8 kung-fu movie The Deadly Art of Survival. With Fred Brathwaite\, he produced and directed the seminal hip-hop film Wild Style\, released worldwide in 1983. Ahearn directed short films such as 5 Grand Masters\, Dirt Style\, and Dancing Industry. His feature-length documentary Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer was released through Oscilloscope Films. Ahearn had a one-person art-exhibition\, Scratch Ecstasy\, at P.P.O.W. and showed silk-screen paintings in the graffiti- and street-art shows Beyond the Streets\, held in L.A. in 2018 and New York in 2019. The artist resides in New York. \n  \nImage: Lee Quinones’ Duck Wall painted elicitly on a handball court (Fall 1978) © Charlie Ahearn URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/panel-talk-the-mainstreaming-of-graffiti/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Happening Soon,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/©ahearnHoward-the-Duck.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:20221217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221217T140000 DTSTAMP:20221213T183834Z CREATED:20221213T183532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221213T183834Z UID:10000649-1671278400-1671285600@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Book Signing: George “CRIME79” Ibanez’ My Creative Journey DESCRIPTION:The author will be available at Howl! Happening to sign copies of his new\, fully illustrated (in color 197 page) hardcover book in time for holiday gift-giving. \nAshford Street Press proudly presents a book on the life of Brooklyn Writer and Artist\, George “ Crime79” Ibanez \nMy Creative Journey depicts the amazing journey told in pictures and stories of a Brooklyn boy that entered the secretive world of subway graffiti in the late 70’s. George Ibanez\, as “Crime79\,” explores his path dodging the tough streets of Brooklyn East New York his climb as a pioneering subway painter\, to gallery artist and 40 years in the creative world. With many never before published photos\, the artist explains stories and anecdotes of his evolution of painting New York City subways to the body of work on canvas that are held in art collections worldwide. \nIn My Creative Journey\, Ibañez unveils yet another piece of the missing puzzle of the fragmented story and history of graffiti. It reveals an emerging creative subculture\, which grew from a bunch of kids living a Tom Sawyeresque life of creativity and adventure in the streets of New York City\, to helping create one of the most influential art movements of all time. \n\nGeorge “Crime79” Ibañez (b. New York\, New York December 31\, 1964) The ​New York City-based artist began painting graffiti in the New York subways at age 13 in the East New York section of Brooklyn. Meanwhile\, Ibañez received the Art Students League of New York Gold Medal. He then studied at the School of Visual Arts for a short time. From 1977 to 1984\, Crime79 painted numerous notable subway cars. A whole train with a memorable painted poem appears as the opening page to the “Graffiti Bible\,” Subway Art by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant. Crime79 was a member of a group called “Soul Artists” who were among the first to transition graffiti art from subways to legitimate galleries. Crime79’s first show of paintings was at the Rainbow Gallery in New York City’s SoHo District in 1983. His works were regarded as\, “simply the best pieces in the show” (ArtSpeak Magazine\, Volume V\, June 1983). In 2009 two of his paintings were sold at the prestigious Millon & Associés Auction House in Paris\, France. \nToday he continues to exhibit in various gallery shows worldwide and owns and operates his own Graphics /Printing company. \nVisit crime79.com URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/book-signing-george-crime79-ibanez-my-creative-journey/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Events,Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ibanez-book.jpeg 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:20221210T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221210T210000 DTSTAMP:20221215T194417Z CREATED:20221207T191206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221215T194417Z UID:10000648-1670698800-1670706000@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Birth of Graffiti DESCRIPTION:Join groundbreaking first-generation New York City writers Wicked Gary\, Coco 144\, Mike 171\, Ree 2\, Jester with moderator Jay Edlin to discuss how they established the bedrock for their culture\, leading to expansion and the larger trajectory that followed. \nThis event is in connection with CITY OF KINGS: A History of New York City Graffiti – an exhibition tracing the historical chronology of graffiti’s emergence as an art form and elevating the under-recognized artists and other players who pushed the medium forward. The exhibition is held in two parts\, the first at Howl! Happening and the second at Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive (HA/HA). \nCurated by first-generation graffiti artist Al Díaz (who worked under the name Bomb One before partnering with Jean-Michel Basquiat to create the SAMO©… tag) with additional curation from graffiti archivist and artist  Eric ‘DEAL CIA’ Felisbret and art educator Mariah Fox\, the exhibition features stories\, photos\, ephemera\, videos\, documentaries\, and the accounts of historical experiences\, many of which are previously unseen. \n  \nImage: Flint Gennari URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/panel-discussion-birth-of-graffiti/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/City-Of-Kings-Event-Image.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:20221202 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221205 DTSTAMP:20221128T172954Z CREATED:20221101T183508Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221128T172954Z UID:10000640-1669939200-1670198399@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Pathetic LiteratureHosted and Curated by Tom Cole and Eileen Myles DESCRIPTION:December 2 and 3\, 2022 / 7 PM / Free \nPerformance and Book Launch \nHowl! Happening is pleased to host Performances and Readings in celebration of the publication of Pathetic Literature\, edited by Eileen Myles. \nFriday\, December 2: \nJoe Westmoreland\, Charles Atlas\, Joan Larkin\, Precious Okoyomon\, Lynne Tillman\, Samuel Delany (video appearance)\, Johanna Fateman\, Sini Anderson\, Nayland Blake\, Moyra Davey\, Eliza Douglas\, Fred Moten\, Tom Cole\, Eileen Myles. \nSaturday\, December 3:  \nLaura Henriksen\, Morgan Vo\, Randy Danson\, Nicole Wallace\, Jack Halberstam\, Tom Carey\, Samuel Delany (video appearance)\, Andrea Abi-Karam\, The Cyborg Jillian Weise (video appearance)\, Felix Bernstein Pati Hertling\, Ama Birch\, Kyle Dacuyan\, Tom Cole\, Eileen Myles. \n“Literature is pathetic.” So claims Eileen Myles in their bold and bracing introduction to Pathetic Literature\, an exuberant collection of pieces ranging from poetry to drama to prose to something in-between\, all of which explore those so-called “pathetic” or sensitive feelings around which lives are built and revolutions are incited.  \nMyles first reclaimed the word for the title of a seminar they taught at University of California San Diego\, rescuing it from the derision into which it had slipped\, and restoring its original meaning of inspiring emotion or feeling\, from the ancient Greek rhetorical method pathos. Their reinvention of “pathetic” forms the bedrock for this anthology\, which includes a hearty 106 contributors\, encompassing titans of global literature like Robert Walser\, Jorge Luis Borges\, Rumi\, and Gwendolyn Brooks; queer icons and revolutionaries like Dodie Bellamy\, Samuel Delany\, and Bob Flanagan; as well as the invigorating newness and excitement of writers on the rise\, including Nicole Wallace\, Precious Okoyomon\, Will Farris\, and Tom Cole. Creative nonfiction by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio\, Jack Halberstam\, and Porochista Khakpour rub shoulders with poetry by Natalie Diaz\, Victoria Chang\, Lucille Clifton\, and Ariana Reines. Joined by prose from Chester Himes\, Djuna Barnes\, Chris Kraus\, and Qiu Miaojin\, among so many others\, the result is a matchless anthology that is as much an ongoing dialogue as an essential compendium of queer\, revolutionary\, joyful\, and always moving literature. \nFrom confrontations with suffering\, embarrassment\, and disquiet to the comforts and consolations of finding one’s familiar double in a poem\, Pathetic Literature is a swarming taxonomy of ways to think differently and live pathetically on a polarized and fearful planet. \nThe book cover is graced by Nicole Eisenman’s painting that depicts the fervent pleading of a cat directed toward a querulous\, madly colored world (ours?!). Pathetic Literature is published by Grove Atlantic. Publication date: November 15\, 2022 \n\nAbout Eileen Myles and Tom Cole \nEileen Myles (they/them\, b. 1949) is a poet\, novelist\, and art journalist whose vernacular practice of mostly first-person writing has become a touchstone for the identity-fluid internet age. They are the editor of Pathetic Literature and live in New York City and Marfa\, TX.  \n  \n  \n  \n \nTom Cole is a writer and artist living in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. His work has been presented at Participant Inc\, Le Petit Versailles\, Thread Waxing Space\, Art on Air\, Dixon Place\, Howl! Arts\, Clocktower Gallery\, ICA Boston\, Performa\, and Boston Center for the Arts. He is a three-time MacDowell Playwriting Fellow\, and a 2015 Edward F. Albee Foundation Playwriting Fellow. He heads the New Play Commissioning Program at True Love Productions\, where he has commissioned new work by Heidi Schreck\, Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas\, Craig Lucas\, and Sheila Callaghan\, among others. He co-curates Experiments and Disorders\, a literary series at Dixon Place. He has collaborated extensively with Anohni\, most recently appearing in She Who Saw Beautiful Things at The Kitchen.  URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/pathetic-literaturehosted-and-curated-by-tom-cole-and-eileen-myles/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Happening Soon,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/NEisenman_Tail-End_2022-scaled.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:20221123T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221123T160000 DTSTAMP:20221121T191756Z CREATED:20221101T181721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221121T191756Z UID:10000647-1669204800-1669219200@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Catalog Signing | CITY OF KINGS: A History of New York City Graffiti DESCRIPTION:Join the curators of City of Kings: A History of New York City Graffiti at Howl Happening for a catalog signing event on Wednesday\, November 23 from 12 – 4 PM. Limited copies of the first edition show catalog will be available at the event. Come see the show and pick up your own copy or gift one for the holidays!\n\nCity of Kings: A History of New York City Graffiti is an exhibition tracing the historical chronology of graffiti’s emergence as an art form and elevating the under-recognized artists and other players who pushed the medium forward. The exhibition is held in two parts\, the first at Howl! Happening and the second at Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive (HA/HA). \nCurated by first-generation graffiti artist Al Díaz (who worked under the name Bomb One before partnering with Jean-Michel Basquiat to create the SAMO©… tag) with additional curation from graffiti archivist and artist  Eric ‘DEAL CIA’ Felisbret and art educator Mariah Fox\, the exhibition features stories\, photos\, ephemera\, videos\, documentaries\, and the accounts of historical experiences\, many of which are previously unseen. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/catalog-signing-city-of-kings-a-history-of-new-york-city-graffiti/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/poster-scnsht-e1669058174216.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:20221119 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230101 DTSTAMP:20230221T190715Z CREATED:20221201T060023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230221T190715Z UID:10000639-1668816000-1672531199@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:CITY OF KINGS: A History of New York City Graffiti DESCRIPTION:Exhibition in Two Parts:  \nHowl! Happening: November 19  – January 15\, 2023\n(6 E 1st St\, New York) \nHowl! Arts/Howl! Archive: December 3  – January 29\, 2023\n(250 Bowery Second Floor\, New York) \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n ►\n Explore 3D Space \n \n \n \n CITY OF KINGS: A History of New York City Graffiti\n \n \n \n\n  \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n ►\n Explore 3D Space \n \n \n \n CITY OF KINGS: A History of New York City Graffiti Part 2\n \n \n \n\n\n\nNew York\, NY: How did a subculture born on the streets of New York City evolve into a ubiquitous global phenomenon? From its origins in the late 1960s through today\, the story of street art and graffiti in New York City is still being told. Creating a rich\, visual contextualization of that history\, Howl! Happening is pleased to present CITY OF KINGS – an exhibition tracing the historical chronology of graffiti’s emergence as an art form and elevating the under-recognized artists and other players who pushed the medium forward. The exhibition is held in two parts\, the first at Howl! Happening and the second at Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive (HA/HA). \nCurated by first-generation graffiti artist Al Díaz (who worked under the name Bomb One before partnering with Jean-Michel Basquiat to create the SAMO©… tag) with additional curation from graffiti archivist and artist  Eric ‘DEAL CIA’ Felisbret and art educator Mariah Fox\, the exhibition features stories\, photos\, ephemera\, videos\, documentaries\, and the accounts of historical experiences\, many of which are previously unseen. \nGrounded in personal narratives from the inventors\, participants\, and innovators who shaped graffiti culture over the last five-and-a-half decades\, this exhibition highlights untold stories and lesser-known artists who contributed to graffiti’s emergence and spread across New York City’s five boroughs. At the heart of the exhibition is a timeline that offers a visual representation of how and where graffiti evolved\, to indicate the flow of ideas and inspiration among artists and groups. The timeline also contextualizes the graffiti movement by referencing key historical events\, such as the Son of Sam murders\, street-gang activity\, the financial decline of New York City\, and efforts to “clean up” the city. \nThe chronological display creates a framework to help explain how graffiti has become so lodged and influential within our present popular culture. What makes this exhibit particularly unique is that the narrative is told through the lens\, and voice of the actual players who created graffiti. An accessible\, concise\, clear account for the general public is long overdue in New York City\, the “birthplace of graffiti culture.” \n– Al Díaz\, NYC. August 2022 \nIn total\, the exhibition features the contributions of dozens of graffiti artists\, world-renowned photographers\, collectors and archivists. The exhibition includes photographs\, video\, and audio recordings — some of which come from personal archives. Public programs and a series of panel discussions will hone in on themes and periods that evolved across time; touching on topics such as the movement’s roots\, the evolution of graffiti styles and social and cultural practices. \nCITY OF KINGS includes contributions from artists and historians including CoCo 144\, Taki 183\, Crash\, LEE\, Jay Edlin\, Charlie Ahearn\, FLINT\, Carlo McCormick\, and Martha Cooper. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/city-of-kings-a-history-of-new-york-city-graffiti/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ny-cityofkings-scaled.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:20220713T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220713T200000 DTSTAMP:20220713T170404Z CREATED:20220711T195516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220713T170404Z UID:10000416-1657735200-1657742400@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:MY COMRADE: Final Gathering DESCRIPTION:Join Linda Simpson for the final special event in connection with her exhibition My Comrade Magazine: Happy 35th Gay Anniversary. Celebrate the release of The My Comrade Anthology\, a collection of pages from past issues of My Comrade selected by Linda Simpson\, printed in a substantial 256-page volume on newsprint. Linda will be signing books at the event. \nCome mix and mingle\, see a fashion show of the newest My Comrade T-Shirts\, and listen to DJ Michael Magnan — Designer of the latest issue of My Comrade. \nIf you can’t make it to the event Click Here to purchase The My Comrade Anthology published by Boo-Hooray. \n\nLinda Simpson’s My Comrade Magazine: Happy 35th Gay Anniversary is a special exhibition celebrating Linda Simpson’s photographs and her groundbreaking magazine\, My Comrade. Included are never-before-seen images and artifacts documenting a revolutionary and seminal period in gay history. In conjunction with the exhibit\, a brand-new issue of My Comrade will be published\, the first in 16 years. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/my-comrade-final-gathering/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Happening Soon,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Final-Happening.jpeg 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:20220706T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220706T190000 DTSTAMP:20220709T194841Z CREATED:20220701T012051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220709T194841Z UID:10000414-1657134000-1657134000@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:MY COMRADE READS DESCRIPTION:“The exhibit emphasizes the magazine’s graphic design\, but each issue featured plenty to read\, too.” — Linda Simpson \nHowl! Happening presents  “My Comrade Reads\,” a reading of articles from past issues of the magazine in connection with the exhibition\, Linda Simpson My Comrade Magazine: Happy 35th Gay Anniversary. An illustrious cast of performers and others share funny\, provocative\, and sexy articles chosen for them by editor Linda Simpson. Classic and hilarious articles from the gay zine are read by: Mike Albo\, Nora Burns\, Glace Chase\, and Eileen Dover. \n\n \nSince the 1980s\, Linda Simpson has worked as a nightlife personality\, writer and game-show host. Her photos of NYC’s drag scene of the 1980s and ‘90s have been featured in books\, magazines\, exhibits and documentaries\, as well as her own touring slideshow. \nMy Comrade’s importance as a piece of gay history was made apparent in 2021 when it was acquired by Harvard for its Houghton Library\, which specializes in literary and performing arts archives. \nRead My Comrade: the revolutionary zine that transformed the New York drag scene In DAZED \n\n\n\nMike Albo\nWriter\, playwright and performer\, whose upcoming sci-fi novel is Another Dimension of Us.\n\nNora Burns\nOne-third of the comedy trio Unitard and creator of the one-woman show David’s Friend.\n\nGlace Chase\nRecently returned from Australia where she starred in her play Triple X\, a trans love story.\n\nEileen Dover\nNightlife veteran and social butterfly. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/my-comrade-reads/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/MY_COMRADE_PROPAGANDA2.jpeg 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:20220622T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220622T210000 DTSTAMP:20220623T182155Z CREATED:20220619T181622Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220623T182155Z UID:10000412-1655924400-1655931600@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:My Comrade LIVE DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Live Talk Show on Wednesday\, June 22 at 7pm. In conjunction with the My Comrade magazine at Howl! Happening\, editor Linda Simpson hosts a live talk show with special guests: \nInternational DJ Honey Dijon (@honeydijon)\, photographer Andrew Whyland (@andewhyland)\, performer Macy Rodman (@macyrodman)\, cover girl for the new issue of My Comrade\, and performer Jonah Almost (@jonahalmost)\, the centerfold model. \nHoney Dijon is an internationally-known DJ who moved to NYC in the late 1990s and now lives in Berlin. Her recent projects include collaborating on a fashion label with Comma des Garcons.\n\nAnde Whyland is a photographer who has shot many images for My Comrade’s lesbian flip side\, Sister! Tonight she shows slides from her photo book Shots\, which spotlights the creative scene going on in the early 1980s at such venues as Club 57 and the Pyramid.\n\nMacy Rodman is the covergirl of the new issue of My Comrade\, which is the first in 16 years and was published to coincide with the exhibit. Over the past several years\, she has developed a cult following as a rock and pop performer in Brooklyn and beyond.\n\nJonah Almost is the centerfold model of the new issue of My Comrade. He is en electric music performer\, nightlife enthusiast and part-time model and skateboarder.\n\nSince the 1980s\, Linda has worked as a nightlife personality\, writer and game-show host. Her photos of NYC’s drag scene of the 1980s and ‘90s have been featured in books\, magazines\, exhibits and documentaries\, as well as her own touring slideshow. \nMy Comrade’s importance as a piece of gay history was made apparent in 2021 when it was acquired by Harvard for its Houghton Library\, which specializes in literary and performing arts archives. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/my-comrade-live/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/MC_LIVE_v3.jpeg 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:20220616T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220616T210000 DTSTAMP:20220617T173100Z CREATED:20220601T184751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220617T173100Z UID:10000408-1655406000-1655413200@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Linda Simpson's Indie Gay Magazine Panel DESCRIPTION:Howl! Happening presents a panel discussion in connection with the exhibition\, Linda Simpson My Comrade Magazine: Happy 35th Gay Anniversary.  My Comrade editor Linda Simpson moderates a discussion about the joys and travails of publishing an alternative queer publication with staff members from Buds Digest\, Butt\, Frock\, Gayletter and Straight to Hell.\n\n\n\n\n Buds Digest is an online magazine for queer stoners. Frock is a showcase for photographer Eli Schmidt’s erotic images. BUTT reigned from 2001 to 2011 with its chic\, sexy and conversational format. A new issue was printed earlier this year. Gayletter focuses on queer art\, fashion and culture. Straight to Hell was founded in 1971 and features real life sex adventures submitted by anonymous contributors. \n\n\n\n\n\n \nSince the 1980s\, Linda Simpson has worked as a nightlife personality\, writer and game-show host. Her photos of NYC’s drag scene of the 1980s and ‘90s have been featured in books\, magazines\, exhibits and documentaries\, as well as her own touring slideshow. \nMy Comrade’s importance as a piece of gay history was made apparent in 2021 when it was acquired by Harvard for its Houghton Library\, which specializes in literary and performing arts archives. \nRead My Comrade: the revolutionary zine that transformed the New York drag scene In DAZED URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/indie-gay-magazine-panel/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Happening Soon,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/aaa-panel-invite-635-1.jpeg 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:20220609T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220609T210000 DTSTAMP:20220608T200906Z CREATED:20220512T205002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220608T200906Z UID:10000619-1654797600-1654808400@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Nora Burns:David's Friend DESCRIPTION:NYC Premiere of David’s Friend by Nora Burns. Directed by Adrienne Truscott\, featuring Billy Hough\, and Filmed by David Ebersole and Todd Hughes. \nPerformance by Kevin Aviance to follow the screening. \nA 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 \nHowl! Happening is pleased to present the hometown premiere screening of Nora Burns’ David’s Friend\, The story of a crazy friendship in 1980s New York City—a restless city during a reckless time\, the film began as a solo show by Burns that opened at La MaMa in 2017 and toured for the next 3 years. It is 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.  \nFilmed In March 2020 at Casita del Campo in Los Angeles\, it played at a few film festivals\, which were mostly virtual\, and due to the pandemic\, it never got to have its hometown premier.  \nBurns is a founding member of the comedy groups Unitard and the Nellie Olesons. She has performed across the country in various venues including PS122\, La MaMa\, and Joe’s Pub in New York City\, Highways\, Cavern Club and The HBO Workspace in Los Angeles and appeared in the comedy festivals Just for Laughs in Montreal and We’re Funny That Way in Toronto\, and at the Aspen Comedy Festival (now HBO Comedy Festival). Her first solo show\, “Honey\, I’m Home\,” premiered at Dixon Place in NYC\, and toured to Los Angeles\, Provincetown and Hudson\, NY. \nSince 2014 Nora has curated and hosted a series called New York Stories at the historic Stonewall Inn where celebrated New Yorkers like Michael Musto\, Anthony Haden-Guest and Brenda Bergman tell entertaining and sordid stories about their lives in the city of yore.  \nHer show “David’s Friend\,” opened at La MaMa in January 2017 after premiering at Dixon Place and the Provincetown Afterglow festival and touring Los Angeles\, Toronto and Seattle. \nIn addition to stage work\, Nora has appeared in the films “Broken Hearts\,” “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist\,” “Club\,” “Boys Life 3” and the documentary “Florent: Queen of the Meat Market.” Her TV appearances include Logo’s “Wisecrack” comedy show and “The Sandra Bernhard Experience.” noraburns.net \nPhoto by Christopher Makos URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/nora-burnsdavids-friend/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Happening Soon,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Makos.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:20220604 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220718 DTSTAMP:20230916T212230Z CREATED:20220502T171454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230916T212230Z UID:10000621-1654300800-1658102399@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Linda SimpsonMy Comrade Magazine: Happy 35th Gay Anniversary DESCRIPTION:►\n Explore 3D Space \n \n \n \n Linda Simpson: My Comrade Magazine: Happy 35th Gay Anniversary\n \n \n \n\nHowl Happening presents a special exhibition celebrating Linda Simpson’s photographs and her groundbreaking magazine\, My Comrade. Included are never-before-seen images and artifacts documenting a revolutionary and seminal period in gay history. In conjunction with the exhibit\, a brand-new issue of My Comrade will be published\, the first in 16 years. \nMy Comrade magazine was founded by drag queen Linda Simpson in 1987 during the dark era of the AIDS crisis and served as a symbol of hope and frivolity to the East Village gay scene and beyond. Armed with a tongue-in-cheek “revolutionary” agenda\, the magazine glorified heroic drag queens and sexy guys in a cut-and-paste mishmash of articles and photo spreads. Lesbians got their due when the flip side became Sister! The sporadic publishing schedule produced a total of eleven issues until 1994. It was revived in 2004 for two more. \nThe exhibit features reproductions and enlargements of My Comrade’s black-and-white pages. Notable contributors to the magazine included photographers Jack Pierson and David Armstrong\, painter Stephen Tashjian a.k.a. Tabboo!\, and drag stars RuPaul and Lady Bunny. The exhibit also features Simpson’s color photos of the era from her acclaimed 2021 photo book\, The Drag Explosion\, published by Domain.  \nThe Drag Explosion by drag artist Linda Simpson is a first-hand account of a very creative and vital moment in queer life from the 1980s to the early ’90s\, in which activism\, nightlife\, a D.Y.I. approach to drag\, and pre-Giuliani New York culture crash into each other\, creating a vibrant chapter in queer history. Mining her collection of snapshots from adventures with fellow drag queens\, Club Kids\, models\, performance artists\, and aspiring celebutantes\, Simpson creates a wonderful and vivid chronicle of a bright time that has since passed.  —Peter Piatkowski\, popmatters.com\, March 2021 \nSince the 1980s\, Linda has worked as a nightlife personality\, writer and game-show host. Her photos of NYC’s drag scene of the 1980s and ‘90s have been featured in books\, magazines\, exhibits and documentaries\, as well as her own touring slideshow. \nMy Comrade’s importance as a piece of gay history was made apparent in 2021 when it was acquired by Harvard for its Houghton Library\, which specializes in literary and performing arts archives. \nRead My Comrade: the revolutionary zine that transformed the New York drag scene In DAZED \nImage: Linda Simpson\, Hapi Phace with George and Adam\, Color Photograph\, 1988. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/linda-simpsonmy-comrade-magazine-happy-35th-gay-anniversary/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery,Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/MC-photo-1-1.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;TZID=America/New_York:20220528T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220528T210000 DTSTAMP:20220611T172346Z CREATED:20220519T172624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220611T172346Z UID:10000644-1653764400-1653771600@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Alan Moore: A World in Which DESCRIPTION:Book Signing and Panel Discussion \nA World in Which—an allusion to the Zapatista slogan\, “A world in which many worlds fit.” (Un mundo donde quepan muchos mundos.) \nHowl! Happening is pleased to present an evening celebrating the release of Alan Moore’s Art Worker: Doing Time in the NY Artworld\, a memoir that casts a raking light on a classic period in cultural history—the 70s and 80s in downtown Manhattan. Confirmed participants in the panel discussion: Marc H. Miller\, Yasmin Ramirez\, Leonard Abrams\, Alan W. Moore\, Stephen Zacks. Published this year by Journal of Aesthetics & Protest Press\, books will be on sale at the event. \nThe New York City artworld of the late 20th century seems far more fluid and changeable\, with many more positions for its different actors to inhabit than the artworld of today. The market rules in all spheres of image-making\, enforced by super-high valuations of traditional artwork\, and global social media and streaming platforms. \nFrom art critic and video artist to radical organizer and academic\, Moore played multiple roles in a seething scene of art galleries\, nightclubs\, and small publications. Written in an accessible style\, Art Worker is in three parts\, with characters\, anecdotes\, footnotes\, and an extensive bibliography. It’s a book by a scholar written for a general audience. \nAbout the Participants \nAlan W. Moore worked as a critic\, artist\, and organizer in NYC for 30 years. He worked with the artists’ group Colab\, and co-directed ABC No Rio and the MWF Video Club. He took a PhD in Art History from CUNY in 2000\, and published Art Gangs in 2011. He has recently studied squatting in Europe; he published the zine House Magic (2009-16)\, co-edited Making Room: Cultural Production in Occupied Spaces and wrote Occupation Culture (both 2015). He lives in Madrid\, and blogs at “Occupations & Properties” and “Art Gangs”. His book Art Worker launches this month. \nMarc H Miller arrived in New York from California in 1968 and lived at 98 Bowery\, NYC from 1969 to 1989 with extended stays in Washington DC and Amsterdam\, Holland.  Miller is an artist\, curator\, writer\, publisher\, and educator.  His multi-faceted career is unified by an interest in pictorial images and their inherent ability to tell stories. He holds a Ph.D. in art history from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts (1979). He runs the website 98bowery.com. \nYasmin Ramirez is an art worker\, curator\, and writer. She holds a Ph.D. in Art History from the Graduate Center\, CUNY.  Born in Brooklyn\, Ramirez was active in the downtown art scene of the early 1980s as a club kid and art critic for the East Village Eye. She has curated exhibitions on the Young Lords\, Martin Wong\, Jean-Michel Basquiat\, and the Nuyorican art movement\, and collaborated on curatorial projects with the Bronx Museum\, El Museo Del Barrio\, the Loisaida Center\, the New Museum\, the Studio Museum in Harlem\, Franklin Furnace\, and Taller Boricua. \nLeonard Abrams is a writer\, editor\, and filmmaker. He was editor and publisher of the East Village Eye monthly newsmagazine\, in circulation from May 1979 until January 1987. From 1987-89 he co-produced the underground clubs Milky Way and Hotel Amazon\, venues that mixed early hip hop with reggae\, funk\, soul and house music. In 2007 he made the documentary film “Quilombo Country\,” about contemporary Brazilian communities founded by escaped slaves. He presented the East Village Eye Show at Howl Happening in 2016.  \nStephen Zacks is an advocacy journalist\, architecture writer\, urbanist\, and project organizer based in New York City. He publishes regularly in Abitare\, L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui\, Architect’s Newspaper\, Architectural Record\, Art in America\, Dwell\, Landscape Architecture\, Oculus\, and Metropolis. He was director of the Flint Public Art Project\, co-founder of the Bring to Light–Nuit Blanche festival\, and past co-director of Collective Unconscious performance space. He wrote Situationist Funhouse on the work of artist G.H. Hovagimyan which launches this month. \nPhoto: Alan Moore in 1975 by Marc Miller. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/alan-moore-a-world-in-which/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Happening Soon,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Marc-Miller-photo-1975.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:20220521T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220521T170000 DTSTAMP:20220520T153856Z CREATED:20220516T153154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220520T153856Z UID:10000642-1653145200-1653152400@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Christy Rupp in Conversation with Carlo McCormick DESCRIPTION:Artist Talk and Book Signing \nAn informal conversation with cultural critic and curator Carlo McCormick and artist Christy Rupp growing from the exhibition Othered\, currently at Howl! Happening through May 29\, and also celebrating the recent publication of Rupp’s monograph\, Noisy Autumn\, published by Insight Editions. The book’s title pays homage to Rachael Carson’s groundbreaking book Silent Spring upon its 60th anniversary. Six decades after the publication of Silent Spring\, chemical companies still maintain a website venting their anger at the journalist who would point out that 90% of all insects are beneficial. Special guest Bob Holman will join Rupp and McCormick\, reading new poems inspired by the events in Ukraine and Buffalo\, New York. \nIn the exhibition Othered\, Rupp investigates topics including resource extraction and water pollution through the lens of Discard Studies\, a discipline that examines the wider role of society and culture\, social norms\, and power on the waste stream. Embodying irony and resilience\, her sculpture of fish\, mammals\, and micro-organisms made from single use plastic and bits of industrial debris expresses the voices of invisible microbes and species caught in the crosshairs. Rupp has long explored how we form our opinions of nature and the role of art in helping us understand climate chaos. \n Using wall-scale collage\, “she juxtaposes scenes of nature and industrial development with biological specimens and nature-based patterns that are stylized\, tamed and made decorative for human consumption\,” says art critic Eleanor Heartney in a recent catalog. \n\nAbout Christy Rupp \nChristy Rupp is an American eco-artist and citizen scientist. Born in the Rust Belt of Upstate New York\, she was too young for Elvis and too old for Barbie. For the past five decades\, Rupp has continued the search for clues that might explain how we have arrived at the edge of the Extractocene\, a world permanently altered by the presence of Homo sapiens. \nRupp was part of the artist collective Collaborative Projects (Colab)—organizer of the historic Times Square Show—as well as ABC No Rio and other East Village-era artist groups. \nShe has received grants from Anonymous was a Woman Foundation\, Joan Mitchell Foundation CALL Award\, National Endowment for the Arts\, New York State Council on the Arts\, and Art Matters Inc. Her work has been recently shown at the Schunck Museum in Heerlen\, Netherlands; Museum of Arts and Design\, New York; Zimmerli Art Museum; and ABC No Rio in Exile.She has just launched a career survey\, Noisy Autumn: Sculpture and Works on Paper\, published by Insight Editions. \nAbout Carlo McCormick \nCarlo McCormick is an American culture critic and curator living in New York City. He is the author of numerous books\, monographs\, and catalogs on contemporary art and artists. \n  URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/christy-rupp-in-conversation-with-carlo-mccormick/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/033A2022_web.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:20220513T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220513T210000 DTSTAMP:20220505T163930Z CREATED:20220505T163812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220505T163930Z UID:10000637-1652468400-1652475600@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:LiVE MAG! No. 18 A Journal of Art and PoetryThe EDGY ISSUE DESCRIPTION:HOWL! HAPPENING PRESENTS Another in the long line of fabulous celebrations of LIVE MAG! and its contributors Join us for a night of Howling Fun as we celebrate the 18th issue of the edgiest magazine East of the Pecos. With Legends and Downtown royalty: Andrei Codrescu of NPR notoriety\, Bowery Poetry Club’s Bob Holman\, and radical deconstructionist photographer and Howl! artist Gail Thacker. Plus award-winning translator and poet brilliante\, Mr. Smoothie\, Vincent Katz! Paragon of Gen Noo; Elizabeth Guthrie; and the poetic pile-driver\, Ama Birch. Photo kaliedoplosions by photographer and filmmaker Luigi Cazzaniga. With Live Mag! Deputy Editor\, Ilka Scobie\, LIVE’s token socialite. Hosted by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright\, aka Uncle Fun\, joined by Contributing Editor and Designer Lori Ortiz. \nWith \nAma Birch\nLuigi Cazzaniga\nAndrei Codrescu\nElizabeth Guthrie\nVincent Katz\nBob Holman\nGail Thacker \n\nHosted by \nJeffrey Cyphers Wright\, \nEditor and Publisher\nIlka Scobie\, Deputy Editor\nLori Ortiz\, Designer and Contributing Editor \nwww.livemag.org URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/live-mag-no-18-a-journal-of-art-and-poetrythe-edgy-issue/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Happening Soon,Performance,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Clowning-Around.jpeg 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 END:VCALENDAR