Rapture Events Presents 'Reading For Fist,' and more!
Saturday, October 11th, 8pm
Reading For Fist... All Naked!
At The Woodshop
24 Ninth Avenue, 5th Floor
$5 cover
Subway: A, C, E, L train to 14th Street/8th Avenue
In honor of the yearly kinky festival of "brew and bawd", Octoberfist!, we are proud to bring you another ALL NAKED Reading For Filth... In fact we're going to be so anally-oriented tonight, that we'll be calling it "Reading For Fist!"
Tonight: Everyone's favorite fist-for-rent, the notorious Egg Man, the gals from Portland's House Of CUNT, a NYC go go legend and a budding porn star!
On Saturday,
October 11th, the folks from Rapture present another edition of their long-running and acclaimed queer literary series where both budding young and well-seasoned pornographers will be bearing their bodies and their souls for their art in this all-naked edition of Reading For Filth. Audience members may also check their clothing and go bare as they dare... if they so choose.
Starring: Dominick, Flowryder, Mr. Joe, Rosie D. (AKA the Egg Man), and Amber Martin & Kaetlin Kennedy (Co-founders of Portland's House Of CUNT.)
Don't forget, the producers of the annual Octoberfist! have combed every village in the German hinterlands from the Black Forest to the Bavarian Alps in order to present to US audiences the only authentic Teutonic harvest festival in North America. Rolling out the barrels, brewing up the hops, and donning unwieldy colorful folk costumes was never so much fun before. And of course, expect the phrase "shaking hands with the baby" to be redefined in a whole new and literary way tonight!
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Rapture Recommends...
Wednesday October 8th, 8 PM
Memorial For Mr. Fashion AKA Gerard Little
At Millennium, 66 East 4th Street
(Between Second Street & Bowery, below the LaMama Annex)
Free Admission
Subway: 6 to Astor Place
As many of you know, East Village/Pyramid Club performance legend Mr. Fashion passed away earlier this year after a long illness. Tonight, Gerard's friends and family will be gathering to celebrate the life and artistic genius of the man whose creations of crazy trash bag couture helped re-invent the way all of Downtown dressed...
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Each Thursday...
Starting October 9th at 10 PM
"Chez Lavinia"
Starring Lavinia Co-op
At Telephone Bar and Grill
149 Second Avenue (at 10th Street) NYC
212-529-5000
Free Admission
Subway: 6 to Astor Place
Bloolips member and consumate actor/Music Hall performer, Lavinia Co-Op begins a hilarious residency tonight at Telephone Bar and Grill. She'll do bits, turns and even "Installations In Stilletos" every Thursday night at 10 PM through December at our favorite Brit Pub transplant in the East Village, complete with a full menu that includes Fish 'n' Chips and Shepherd's Pie. The New York Times has called Lavinia "a unique comedian". She's also toured extensively throughout the world, appeared with the legendary Hot Peaches, as well as on countless New York and London stages. This musical vaudeville romp is a must-see!
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Friday October 10th, 8 PM
Mr. Joe's Big, Bad Bon Voyage Party
Section 8
218 Avenue A (Between 13th & 14th Streets)
Free Admission
Our very own Joe Birdsong, AKA Mr. Joe is slated to spend the coming winter in the deserts of the Southwestern US, with the cowboys, the cacti and the coyotes, and tonight we'll be giving him the biggest and baddest send-off north of the Rio Grande you ever done see!
Expect cheap drinks, a pool table, and the most brilliant jukebox in NYC. The rodeo starts at 8PM and ends when the cows come home!
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Sunday October 12th, 7PM
Tabboo's "The Nightingale"
At Participant Gallery
253 East Houston Street (Between Norfolk & Suffolk Streets)
Subway: F, V to Second Avenue & Houston Street
Tabboo! AKA Steven Tashjian, is showing some gorgeous, new artwork here at Participant through November 2nd, but if you drop by tonight, you're in for a real treat, as she'll be presenting a jaw-dropping drag extravaganza, based on Hans Christian Anderson's classic 1844 fairy tale set in the colorful, decadent court of Royal China. Starring Tabboo!, Agosto Machado, Brandon Olson, Jun Nakaya, Linda Simpson and many, many others.
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And Finally...Doin' It to Obama! Envisioning the new Black President...
by Joe Birdsong
As what appears to be the most important election of our time draws near, a friend recently suggested that if we want to see an Obama presidency, we should envision it as a reality. In a more intimate moment, a lover and I began role-playing that President Obama was in the bed with us, his big schlong banging away, getting hot and sweaty as the good times rolled. The energy that was raised by bringing Barack Obama into the bedroom was amazing! I hereby ask that my dear readers, bring Barack (and/or Michelle, if you please) to the back door! It's good for the country; it's good for the soul; it's good for the hole! And don't forget to vote!