Tagged With "funhouse"
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Museum of Sex Disco Exhibition
The Museum of Sex is looking for disco ephemera from the years 1977-1980 for an exhibition opening in October 2016, including items such as club membership cards, posters, flyers, postcards, match books, etc. We would also like to do audio interviews with anyone who has interesting stories or anecdotes related to sexuality at specific clubs from 1977-1980. These interviews will be used throughout the exhibition of photographs and artifacts. The following clubs are subjects of the exhibition:...
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Thursday 1/26, Jellybean Benitez joins Dancing Room Only at Cielo
On Thursday January 26th, Jellybean Benitez joins Dancing Room Only with a special Funhouse/Paradise Garage style classic house set. “A giant of New York City club culture during the 1980s, John “Jellybean” Benitez was born to a Puerto Rican mother in the South Bronx. Gravitating toward music at a young age, he started frequenting disco clubs in the mid ‘70s and quickly became an established DJ in the scene. Although he would go on to play at a variety of storied nightspots, including Studio...