Chloe Jo is ending the long-running Thursday party Gloss.
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By Rachel Kramer Bussel
Friday, April 30, 2004
Don’t miss your chance to defend “obscenity” while also taking
in some fine, kinky entertainment. On Friday, April 30, sex shop Purple Passion
will host “Indecent” to raise money for erotic photographer Barbara
Nitke’s lawsuit against Attorney General John Ashcroft to overturn the
Communications Decency Act.
I’ll be joined by contributors to my “Up All Night” erotic
anthology, including renowned S/M author Laura Antoniou. Artist Courtney Bowers
will perform “Worthy Cock Receptacle.” Plus, you’ll be able
to bid on items such as jewelry, art and fancy dinners.
Felice Shays is one hot number. I saw her fist a watermelon onstage at Meow
Mix once, but her latest event promises to top that. Dubbed the “Carnal
Carnival: A Queer Cabaret,” it’s a veritable Who’s Who of
sexy dykes that’s described as “not your average queer, smart,
femme, butch, andro, trans, other, all of the above, sex show!” Among
the many other performers: Marga Gomez, Red Hots Burlesque, Jess Dobkin, Grover,
Kate Huh, Sir Real, and Amatul/Animal Skins. Don’t miss the last shows
April 30 and May 1 at WOW Café.
The Lambda Literary Awards are the highest pinnacle for queer writers and
some of the talented nominees read their work at the Center, including Don
Weise, who read about gay civil rights leader Bayard Rustin’s effect
on that movement, and Marijane Meaker, who read from her intimate biography
of Patricia Highsmith and stole the show with a tale of coming across a naked
gay man on Fire Island — to both of their horror!
I caught ‘80s night, as interpreted by the aptly named Red Hots Burlesque,
at one of their last shows at Parkside. Not to worry, they will be performing
soon at a venue near you. These hotties took my breath away as they channeled
everyone from Tom Cruise to Madonna with songs like “White Wedding,” and
a fabulous cheerleader ensemble to “Mickey.”
Speaking of burlesque, the second annual New York burlesque festival prances
into town May 14 to 16, featuring everything from a game show at Coney Island
to the Golden Pastie Awards. With performers from all over the world, these
stunners really are the crème de la crème of the showgirl world
and will leave you dizzy and dazzled. See www.thenewyorkburlesquefestival.com
for all the glittery details.
And speaking of the end of an era, Gloss, the fabulous long-running Thursday
night party hosted by Rachael and Chloe Jo is coming to an end with a blowout
bash at Meow Mix on May 6 that you won’t want to miss. They’ll
be in attendance along with Murray Hill, several DJs and all the hottest dykes
in the city to ring in the end of their run.
Ladies, ladies, where are you? I recently checked out Nowhere’s Monday
night scene, only to find a handful of people. Where’s a single East
Village dyke to go to get her flirt on if not this bar filled with two naked-girl
video game machines, a rockin’ jukebox and 2-for-1 drinks? (Though if
you find yourself on the L train on a Monday, gay bar Metropolitan is offering
up $1 beers and PB-and-J sandwiches!).
I’ll be reading at the next installment of the WYSIWYG (What You See
Is What You Get) series on the topic of “Ladies First: The Hottest
Women of Blog Dish About the First Time They …” along with my
good friend Girlynyc (not her real name!), Sarah Lewitinn, Lindsay Robertson,
Jamye Waxman and Jessica Delfino May 18 at PS 122. Every single performer
at this blogger is great.
Speaking of PS 122, don’t miss “Rave Revue” on May 12, put
on by nonprofit FEVA, with everyone from Meredith Monk, Joni Mitchell impersonator
John Kelly, Karen Finley, Eric Bogosian and DJing by Lady Bunny and many others,
honoring Mark Russell, who steps down as director of PS 122 after 20 years.
Since I now seem to find myself at PS 122 seemingly every other week, I will
certainly be there.
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