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July 31, 2007
The Mayor's office in New York City is seeking to instate a new rule that would require permits and proof of insurance for any group of 2 or more persons using a camera in a public area. The regulations would require that anyone using a tripod or shooting in one location for more than 30 minutes (including set-up and break down time) must obtain permits and show proof of insurance of at least 1 million dollars per occurrence. Read more about the new rules here: http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/html/news/080107_proposed_permit_rules.shtml
We all need to act now to fight these proposed regulations which will place absurd restrictions on the freedom to photograph in New York City's public spaces.
This affects not only professional photographers but the First Amendment rights of anyone with a camera to spontaneously document what happens on the streets of this city.
Due to pressure from advocacy groups, the Mayor's Office has agreed to extend the period that it will allow public commentary until August 3rd.
Picture New York has initiated an online petition opposing the new rules, which over 12,000 indidivuals have signed so far. The petition is closing on August 3rd. Please take a moment to sign if you have not already done so.
Link to the petition: http://www.pictureny.org/petition/index.php
You can also voice your concerns directly to:
Julianne Cho
Associate Commissioner
Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting
1697 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
jcho@film.nyc.gov
ph: 212.489.6710
fax: 212.307.6237
Thanks for your attention and please continue to spread the word about this important matter!
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July 30, 2007
I'm excited to let you know about a brand new festival that I'm directing and that is being produced by my new company Flux. After ten years at the helm of RESFEST, it was time for a change. Inspired by art, film, music and action sports, Swerve Festival celebrates west coast creativity and culture. The festival is a brand new initiative of FUEL TV and will include screenings of independent feature and short films, music videos and live music performances. A Swerve art show of original art installations is being organized by Beautiful Losers co-curator Aaron Rose. Todd St. John and Gary Benzel of HunterGatherer have designed the festival logo and are creating the visual identity of the festival. I'd like to invite you to get involved. Submit a film, music or art project or just join us for the last weekend in September in Los Angeles. Swerve Festival September 28-30, 2007 Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles We are seeking innovative films and videos from around the world for the film programs.
Entry Deadline: August 8, 2007 (postmark deadline) For more information visit: www.swervefestival.com Please join the festival mailing list on the Swerve site if you'd like to receive programming updates. best, Jonathan -- Jonathan Wells Flux 1801 Lincoln Blvd., Suite 190 Venice, California 90291 310.401.0270 www.flux.net
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July 30, 2007
powerHouse Books, Amnesty International, and Barnes & Noble present
Ron Haviv, Leora Kahn, and Larry Cox
Contributors to Darfur: Twenty Years of War and Genocide in Sudan
July 30, 2007, 7pm
Barnes & Noble Astor Place,
4 Astor Place, New York, NY (between Broadway and Lafayette)
Tel: 212-420-1322
About the book, Darfur: Twenty Years of War and Genocide in Sudan:
Even by conservative estimates, the situation in the Darfur region of the Sudan is grave. There are 3.5 million people who are hungry, 2.5 million who have been displaced by violence, and 400,000 individuals who have died since the crisis began in 2003. The international community has failed to take steps to protect civilians, or to influence the Sudanese government to intervene. The spread of violence, rape, and hate-fueled killings across the border into Chad is simply the latest atrocity. Call it war. Call it genocide. Call it famine. There is no single word to describe the plight of these people. They face all of these horrors at once.
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July 25, 2007
Jonathan Shorr Gallery and Vangeline Theater
present
an evening of Butoh
When: Thursday, July 26, at 7pm
Where: JONATHAN SHORR GALLERY
1 0 9 C R O S B Y S T R E E T
NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK 10012
BETWEEN PRINCE STREET AND HOUSTON STREET IN SOHO.
P H O N E 212 334 1199
Vangeline Theater is proud to present an evening of Butoh at Jonathan Shorr Gallery.
Featuring The Vangeline Theater dancers:
Yukari Coco Koyama from Japan, Vangeline from France, and Jorge Vazquez Villareal from Mexico.
At 7pm, Coco Koyama will perform a Butoh window installation.
At 8pm, a Solo by Vangeline: “the Girl with the pearl earring”,
and at 9pm, a butoh solo improvisation by Jorge Vazquez Villareal.
Performance is Free.
The Vangeline Theater is a dance company firmly rooted in the tradition of Japanese Butoh while carrying it into the 21st century. For more information please visit www.vangeline.com.
About the performers:
Coco Koyama moved to New York from her native Tokyo. She has been a principal dancer with the Vangeline Theater since 2004 at venues such as PS 122, Puffin Room, Galapagos, and Theater for the New City. Coco has also been a regular performer for nightlight empress Chichi Valenti since 2005 in
events such as Wigstock, `Night of Thousand Stevies' (Hiro Ballroom),
and weekly parties at Crobar for two years, Additionally, Coco has been
featured on MTV and has performed in Theo Kogan's rock-theater
production`Screentest', directed by Rob Roth. She is also a burlesque
solo-performer, model and a make-up artist.
Vangeline is the Artistic Director of the Vangeline Theater.
Special guest Jorge Vázquez studied at the National Conservatory of Music, under the direction of renowned teachers, such as Arturo Nieto, Horacio Franco, Leszeck Zawadka, where he developed his abilities as singer in galas, operas and concerts.
He studied Dramatic Literature and Theatre at UNAM’s Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, with teachers such as Soledad Ruiz, Mario Balandra and Juan Gabriel Moreno.
He directed the play El Triciclo by Fernando Arrabal, making itself worthy of the awards for “Best scenic/plastic proposal” and “Best actor” at the XI University Theatre Festival. He acted in Jean Frederick Chevalier’s version of HamletMachine, and in Marat/Sade, directed by Mario Balandra.
He is currently studying Dance with Master Diego Piñón at Butoh Mexican Ritual.
photo Flo Poulain
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July 25, 2007
Hey Find Outlet shoppers!
Yes we have closed our doors and we are truly sorry. We're feeling very guilty for leaving you hanging like that so the least we could do is let you know when one of close friends are offering up some great deals. So check out this sale from Caravan it only lasts for four days.
July 25 to July 28th, This Wednesday to Saturday
BUY 2 GET 1 FREE!
Or 20% OFF YOUR FIRST PURCHASE.
FREE GIFT WITH EVERY PURCHASE.
12-9 PM at both locations.
Caravan Downtown - 2 Great Jones St. 212-260-8189
Caravan Uptown - 128 East 91st St. 212-722-7282
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July 25, 2007
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25TH
Cassette invites you to Corio with DJs Josh Madden, Justin Miller (DFA Records), Jordan Silver and special guests. Sponsored by Theme, Evil Monito, and Cassette with your hosts Bugsy, Sammy, and Sky. Party starts at 10pm, early arrival suggested. Corio is located at 337 West Broadway. RSVP: info@houseofcassette.com. Click flyer to enlarge.
Deadly Dragon Sound presents “A Dance In A Chinatown”, celebrating the birthdays of JDeBeck (DDS) and Angelo (Absurd). Featuring Cornell Campbell straight from Kingston, JA and Phillip Fraser. Happy Ending 302 Broome Street. 10pm-4am.
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July 23, 2007
Join Anthem & Worship Worthy as we attend Midnight Mass with some of our favorite new brands that will be in town for the Capsule & Project trade shows. It's been a minute since we partied together New York, so join us as we worship in the name of fashion and good times.
- DJs Dorian, Rok One, Jaclyn (the Bangers)
- Gift bags provided by Haze, Cassette, Married to the MOB, Absurd, Evil Monito, WOWCH, SSUR, Name Ribbon, and Teamworks
Monday July 23rd, 9:30-4am
ANCHOR
310 Spring St.
New York, NY 10013
RSVP: www.anthem-magazine.com/rsvp
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July 19, 2007
The Hanger is celebrating their 3rd year anniversary and we’re all invited! Come by on Thursday, July 19 for the summer launch event! Browse the vintage collections and enjoy the complimentary summer drink menu. Enjoy a taste of the life…
The Hanger
217 3rd Street
6pm-10pm
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July 19, 2007
Keith Mayerson's
NeoIntegrity
July 19 - August 24, 2007
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 19, 6-8 pm
Come hang out with all 180 of us for a block party outside and BBQ and Performances!!!
At Derek Eller Gallery, 615 West 27th Street
Please join us for the after after party at K & M Bar for Karaoke, Drinking and Dancing!
225 North 8th in Williamsburg
9pm till whatever!
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July 19, 2007
DON THE VERB
1 year anniversary celebration
& official launch of their private label
This Thursday, July 19th: 8PM to Midnight
Sanctum @ Tribeca Grand
Complimentary Pravda cocktails 8-10PM
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July 17, 2007
5 pairs of guest list spots are up for grabs (and some free beers if you can identify your favorite MuseBox employee).
The first five people to e-mail us at rsvp@themusebox.net will receive two complimentary spots on tonight's guest list. Further, the guest that can find a MuseBox employee first, will get some booze.
Mercury Lounge
217 E. Houston St.
9:30 Patrick Krief (The Dears)
10:30 Uncut
About Uncut: It sounds a bit hyperbolic, but we don't shy away from enthusiasm here at The MuseBox: Canada's Uncut is like a force of fucking nature. Seriously, their latest beast, Modern Currencies -- finally slated for US release on July 17th via Paper Bag Records -- is filled with massive, throat-punching rock music. Stuff that's willing to manhandle any takers and snuff out the weak. The album-opening "Darkhorse" begins with a breeze of guitar and sore throat bass thuds, but at about the two-and-a-half minute mark it gives in to a torrent of squalls, drum rolls and a refrain of "let's just kill all the living, they're not made to live." Um, whoa. See for yourself on the fantastic Kris Lefcoe directed stop-animation clip for "Darkhorse," featuring, among other things, a fire-bombing Ronald McDonald and an army of pissed-off Care Bears.
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July 16, 2007
A fashion show with frozen Margaritas!
Habana Outpost
757 Fulton St.
Brooklyn
RSVP at habanaoutpost.com
Date: Jul 16, 2007 (Mon)
Location: Habana Outpost
Start: 7:00 PM
End: 8:00 PM
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July 13, 2007
CMEE Under the Stars Benefit and Auction. Donny Deutsch has an outspoken attitude, strong convictions and is well-known for his CNBC show, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch. This year, he adds another line to his bio: CMEE Gala Host. On Friday, July 13, the 8th annual “CMEE Under the Stars,” will be held on behalf of the Children’s Museum of the East End (CMEE – we pronounce it “see me”). There will be live entertainment, a lively auction and lively-est dancing. Cocktails begin at 6:30pm, with dinner and dancing to follow. Channing Daughters Winery 1927 Scuttlehole Road, Bridgehampton. $750 and $1000. Deirdre White at 631-537-8250 or info@cmee.org http://www.cmee.org
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July 13, 2007
IHEART SALE
I Heart will go on sale this weekend with up to 50% off the Spring collections -- tsumori chisato, cacharel, sonia by sonia rykiel, 3.1 phillip lim, united bamboo, rachel comey, valentine, and many more!!
Firday, July 13th from 12-8?@ I Heart: 262 mott st btwn Houston/Prince?www.iheartnyc.com
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July 12, 2007
Courtney Love - Live Show
Hiro Ballroom - Thursday July 12 - NO COVER WITH RSVP!!
This night is going to be insane.
Courtney is BACK - with a new album coming out soon, and London and Paris live shows under her belt.
We are teaming up with Rolling Stone Magazine to bring you this party - an intimate evening with Courtney Love and friends at Hiro Ballroom. Courtney will be performing live with a full band for the first time in New York in ages.
We are so excited we have lost all our ability to contain ourselves.
This event is sponsored by imeem.com -check it out here
Drinks Specials:
Two-4-One Vodka drinks 10pm-11pm.
$8 Tiger-Beer-and-Whisky-Chaser-Combo, and $4 Sparks all night.
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July 12, 2007
SOLAR SET
MICHAEL BELL-SMITH
OLGA CHERNYSHEVA
TONY LABAT
TAKESHI MURATA
SIEBREN VERSTEEG
July 12 - August 10, 2007
Opening reception: Thursday, July 12, 6-8pm
Foxy Production presents Solar Set, a group exhibition featuring works by Michael Bell-Smith, Olga Chernysheva, Tony Labat, Takeshi Murata, and Siebren Versteeg. Solar Set refers to a box work by Joseph Cornell from 1958, where the artist collected and arranged solar statistics, spherical objects, and images of the sun, among other elements, to create an idiosyncratic universe in miniature. The exhibition explores the ways in which images, objects or events are collected and reconfigured within conceptually rich and critically resonant visual systems. Using diverse means, the works take popular cultural forms as their starting point to forge imaginative connections, evocative images, and unexpected metaphors.
FOXY PRODUCTION
617 WEST 27TH ST. GROUND FLOOR
NEW YORK NY 10001
t: 212 239 2758 f: 212 239 2759
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July 12, 2007
Special guest Alex Arcadia will be reading for Sculpture Center's
*Speak Easy: Reading on the Rocks*, and presenting his "A Gift for You".
Thursday, July 12, 7pm
*Speak Easy: Readings on the Rocks*
Bring blankets and snacks for a relaxed summer evening with readings by Ross Cisneros, Sarah Lookofsky, Joanna Malinowska, Jackie McAllister, Adam McEwen, Haley Mellin, Maria Mirabal, Montevideo (Rita Ackermann and Emily Sundblad), Olivier Mossett, Michael Portnoy with Pete Drungle, Garrett Ricciardi, Michael Smith, Alex Arcadia, Trevor Smith, Mary Rinebold, Agathe Snow and Mindy Vale.
Speak Easy: Readings on the Rocks was first planned as a moment of relief from the pressures of city life, the demands of a finished product, binding statements, and stiff speaker/audience relations. Fifteen artists, cultural producers, and special guests have been invited to read a text of their choice. It is up to the reader to determine the length and mode of address. The text provenances are loose – it is sometimes vague as to whether the words are a citation, an excerpt or a draft. The aim, if there is one, is to come as close as possible to the informal, seamless, and fertile digressions among friends, foes, and peers. The pretext is to create a moment (at a certain stage), rather than a place (on stage), to swap dialectics of
success or failure for the softer, warmer light, of trial, probe, and
momentary inspiration.
Sculpture Center
44-19 Purves Street
Long Island City, NY 11101
t 718.361.1750
Directions by subway:
Take E or V to 23rd/Ely or G top Court Square or the 7 to 45th Road/Court House Square. From all trains walk north on Jackson Avenue one block past 44th Drive and turn right onto Purves Street.
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July 11, 2007
Stuff Magazine Event
Lingerie Fashion Show
Complimentary Budweiser Select from 9pm-11pm
Hosted by Cheeky Bastard
No Cover with RSVP!!!
Come and join us for a special Stuff Magazine Event...
Budweiser Select and Stuff Magazine are working to uncover the world's next top lingerie model, and have arranged for a bevvy of beautiful girls to model some underwear before a panel of judges.
Free with RSVP!!
Cheeky Bastard will keep you informed of similar future events via email.
Cost: Free with RSVP
Official Site: http://www.GBH.tv
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July 10, 2007
Zach Feuer Gallery
530 W. 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
Tel: 1 212 989 7700
Fax: 1 212 989 7720
Hours: Tuesday – Friday 10-6
Exhibition dates: July 10- August 24, 2007
Opening Reception: July 10, 6-8 pm
Zach Feuer Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition of new paintings by New York based artists Joe Bradley, Ann Craven, Dana Frankfort, and Keith Mayerson.
Bradley’s bright canvas panels take Minimalist references and create imposing installations of color and scale, while his casual application of paint forgoes ideas of pictorial illusion. Rather than use the monumental size to suggest a certain grandeur, his paintings reveal an utterly human, necessarily imperfect quality, which is magnified in his version of figuration.
Craven adeptly uses repetition in her serial paintings, which depict familiar imagery often culled
from mediated and natural sources, revealing a reinterpretation of the painter’s traditional aims of singularity and original composition. She adopts these images of nature from generic representation, as well as the outside world, aware that both have become equally familiar to her viewer.
Frankfort’s paintings use text and, more recently, symbols to challenge ideas of reading and communication.
Obscuring the text as image with brushwork and disorienting color, Frankfort blocks the viewer’s facility of interpretation and forges a new relationship between language and audience.
Mayerson's lushly painted portraits based on familiar media imagery reduce the iconic to the intimate,
and are exhibited in deliberate sequences that suggest larger narrative themes. In the group of paintings for this exhibition, he concentrates on the power of iconic images to portray human agency, spirit, and transcendence in times of crisis and war.
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July 10, 2007
After Show Party for Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland and his band “Black Light Burns”
10PM
Noel Ashman, Nadia Dajani,
and Supermodels Eve Salvail & Caron Bernstein
along with Inner Circle Management
Invite you to the official after show party
for former Limp Bizkit member
Wes Borland
& his new band
Black Light Burns
Music by DJ D-Nice
Complimentary admission with RSVP to
Michael James
channelmj@gmail.com
Plumm: 246 West 14th Street
http://www.ultravioletlist.com/PlummThurs.html
AND
Music by DJ Sky Nellor & DJ Blaze
Complimentary admission with RSVP to
Michael James
channelmj@gmail.com
PM: 50 Gansevoort Street
http://www.ultravioletlist.com/PM.html
AND
Sushi & cocktails outdoors in the garden at Ono
Complimentary admission with RSVP to
Michael James
channelmj@gmail.com
Ono @ The Hotel Gansevoort: 18 9th Avenue
http://www.ultravioletlist.com/Ono.html
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July 09, 2007
Pamela Des Barres, notorious as the "Queen of the Groupies," has teamed up with her fellow band-aids to release "Let's Spend the Night Together," a collection of stories and interviews culled from various backstage experiences. Warhol protégé Patti D'Arbanville will join Des Barres at McNally Robinson. 52 Spring St., (212) 274-1160. 7 p.m. Free.
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July 09, 2007
EXHIBITION: WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?
Featuring collaborative pieces by:
Antistrot Elena Monzo
Robert Brinker Joseph Scheer
Ludovica Gioscia Karen Tang
Pamela Joseph Robert Brinker
Christina McPhee Benjamin Fink
Christa Parravani Helen Garber
Clement Price-Thomas Duston Spear
Roger Ricco Luke Gilvey
Lucien Samaha John Movius
DATES: July 9--August 3, 2007
RECEPTION: Monday, July 9, 6 - 8pm
Sara Tecchia Roma New York is proud to present a curatorial experiment.
So there's this text by William Burroughs and Brion Gysin called the Third Mind. It's about the cut-up, where words or even segments of film can be randomized and create new forms that make just as much sense as the original, sometimes even becoming prophetic. This show isn't really about that, but rather what happens when two artists try to stay true to their own practices while collaborating on a single piece. We asked our gallery artists, as well as some new faces, to choose a partner and make a piece for our summer show. They could do anything they wanted. No rules.
At the moment of this press release, we've only seen a few results. Ludovica Gioscia applied her custom silkscreened wallpaper skills to a pair of sculptor Karen Tang's oversized Ray-Ban sunglasses to make the best summer sculpture ever. Robert Brinker did one of his signature cut out patterns over a fancy moth photo by Joseph Scheer and another with a comic collage by Pamela Joseph. And then there are drawings that Antistrot did with Elena Monzo. In case you don't know, Antistrot is already a collective, a group of kids from Rotterdam that work together on stuff. They're doing a big mural at 3rd Ward. (See below.) Monzo's addition is great in that it adds a bit of femininity to the otherwise macho blood-and-guts subject matter. Very nice.
As for the other pieces, I guess we'll see those when they come in. Duston Spear and Clement-Price-Thomas supposedly have something mechanical with the working title, "Tiffany Blood." Some participants have even refused to give even us a sneak preview. We're actually a little scared, but scared like a rollercoaster. Fun scared. Not scarey scared.
SARA TECCHIA ROMA NEW YORK is located at 529 West 20th Street, between Tenth Avenue and Eleventh Avenue. The gallery is on the second floor. Summer hours are Monday through Friday, 11am to 6pm or by appointment. For more information, contact 212-741-2900, or visit www.saratecchia.com
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