10 Reasons to see all the queer performance in NYC this weekend
There really is NO such thing as too much queer performance art, and NYC has it going on for FOUR DAYS starting tonight.
TEN REASONS TO SEE ALL THE QUEER PERFORMANCE SHOWS IN NYC THIS WEEKEND
10. Because it’s not every weekend that you can be part of recurrent smart queer audiences in a not-loud / intoxicated situation. Wanting to cruise? Wanna talk to someone you’re crushing on? A show like this is the place.
9. Touring is hard as shit and if you go in person and listen and applaud, it makes it a little less hard — and all these are touring shows.
8. There are so many creative and non-didactic gender expressions happening this weekend it might actually negate all the badly-done poetry and drag you’ve ever had to witness in your life.
7. Annie Danger has lavaliers for Fully Functional!! Those beasts are expensive so going helps make it worth her time in getting it.
6. Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon came all the way from Canada and crossing borders sucks.
5. When you have gay descendants, you can tell them about the time you saw 17 brilliant queer performance artists LIVE in one weekend.
4. You could decide that seeing every show is your own form of endurance art, and have a *meta* performance art experience.
3. Sister Spit via Michelle Tea has been doing this show over 16 years. Ivan and Rae have been collaborating for 7 years. Heels on Wheels has been touring for 4 years. Fully Functional is on year 2. That’s 29 years of touring NOT EVEN INCLUDING all the other work all these artists have done. What have you done for 29 years? Aren’t you really pretty good at it?
2. Stories told by queer folks are fucking important because they push back on hegemony and make visible the breadth of our magical lives. And these four shows present stories told sooooo well.
1. There is nothing that compares to the emotional experience of live performance. Not a video. Not a Facebook event comment. Not a tweet. NOTHING. Live performance is what it is because it happens only once that exact way. The spirit of the audience is part of the magic, so go, go, go!
So, here are your options:
HEELS ON WHEELS GLITTER ROADSHOW [site]
Thursday 4/11 @ Stonewall Inn, 9pm, 21+, $5-15 sliding scale
Friday 4/12 @ The Spectrum, 10pm, all-ages, $5-15 sliding scale
FULLY FUNCTIONAL CABARET [site]
Friday 4/12 @ Barnard College, 8pm, all-ages, free [do-it-all tip: head to Heels on Wheels at The Spectrum after–you can totally make both shows!]
GENDER FAILURE (Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon)
Friday 4/12 & Saturday 4/13 @ Dixon Place, 10pm, all ages, $12-18 [get tix]
SISTER SPIT: NEXT GENERATION [site]
Sunday 4/14 @ New Museum, 3pm, all ages, $12 [get tix]
There really is NO such thing as too much queer performance art, and NYC has it going on for FOUR DAYS starting tonight.
TEN REASONS TO SEE ALL THE QUEER PERFORMANCE SHOWS IN NYC THIS WEEKEND
10. Because it’s not every weekend that you can be part of recurrent smart queer audiences in a not-loud / intoxicated situation. Wanting to cruise? Wanna talk to someone you’re crushing on? A show like this is the place.
9. Touring is hard as shit and if you go in person and listen and applaud, it makes it a little less hard — and all these are touring shows.
8. There are so many creative and non-didactic gender expressions happening this weekend it might actually negate all the badly-done poetry and drag you’ve ever had to witness in your life.
7. Annie Danger has lavaliers for Fully Functional!! Those beasts are expensive so going helps make it worth her time in getting it.
6. Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon came all the way from Canada and crossing borders sucks.
5. When you have gay descendants, you can tell them about the time you saw 17 brilliant queer performance artists LIVE in one weekend.
4. You could decide that seeing every show is your own form of endurance art, and have a *meta* performance art experience.
3. Sister Spit via Michelle Tea has been doing this show over 16 years. Ivan and Rae have been collaborating for 7 years. Heels on Wheels has been touring for 4 years. Fully Functional is on year 2. That’s 29 years of touring NOT EVEN INCLUDING all the other work all these artists have done. What have you done for 29 years? Aren’t you really pretty good at it?
2. Stories told by queer folks are fucking important because they push back on hegemony and make visible the breadth of our magical lives. And these four shows present stories told sooooo well.
1. There is nothing that compares to the emotional experience of live performance. Not a video. Not a Facebook event comment. Not a tweet. NOTHING. Live performance is what it is because it happens only once that exact way. The spirit of the audience is part of the magic, so go, go, go!
So, here are your options:
HEELS ON WHEELS GLITTER ROADSHOW [site]
Thursday 4/11 @ Stonewall Inn, 9pm, 21+, $5-15 sliding scale
Friday 4/12 @ The Spectrum, 10pm, all-ages, $5-15 sliding scale
FULLY FUNCTIONAL CABARET [site]
Friday 4/12 @ Barnard College, 8pm, all-ages, free [do-it-all tip: head to Heels on Wheels at The Spectrum after–you can totally make both shows!]
GENDER FAILURE (Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon)
Friday 4/12 & Saturday 4/13 @ Dixon Place, 10pm, all ages, $12-18 [get tix]
SISTER SPIT: NEXT GENERATION [site]
Sunday 4/14 @ New Museum, 3pm, all ages, $12 [get tix]
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