November 04, 2009
October 31, 2009
EVENT: "Lipstick & Lyrics: Bring It On" (Chicago, IL)
CHICAGO GAY MEN’S CHORUS AND
HYDRATE CHICAGO PRESENTS
“LIPSTICK & LYRICS: BRING IT ON!”
6TH ANNUAL ALL-LIVE, ALL-DRAG REVUE HOSTED BY MADAME X
Chicago, October 15, 2009—Members of The Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus (CGMC) will BRING IT ON and haul out their highest drag to take to the stage at Hydrate Chicago on Friday, November 6, 2009 to perform in CGMC’s 6th Annual LIPSTICK & LYRICS: BRING IT ON! Live Singing Drag Revue. This year the performance will be hosted by Chicago drag star Madame X.
Over the past five years, LIPSTICK & LYRICS has grown to become a must-see, sell-out event, and is proud to be one of the few non-lip-sync drag revues in the city, showing off the vocal talents of members of CGMC in a different way than usually seen in the chorus’ regular concert schedule. Since its inception, LIPSTICK & LYRICS has been generously sponsored by Mark Lieberson and Hydrate Chicago.
The evening will be filled with fierce fun and excitement as over 15 drag performers “bring it on” and give you all they’ve got and will include audience favorites Ethel Bourbon, Evian Waters, and Foxy Brown, among others. The event will also be highlighted with a door prize contest featuring a Grand Prize Travel Package with airline tickets provided by Orbitz. In addition to the presenting sponsorship of Hydrate Chicago, additional production assistance and sponsorship has been provided by G. Thomas Ward Photography, Maxey MediaWorks, Orbitz, Beatnix, Christine DePaepe of A&N Mortgage and BOB Technology Consultation.
Critically acclaimed Chicago entertainer Madame X serves as special guest host for the 2009 edition of LIPSTICK & LYRICS. She is a regular cast member of the world famous Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club and has graced numerous entertainment venues showcasing her live vocal styling’s of past and present female icons with her own special twist. Madame X achieved iconic status when a line of table furniture named the Madame X/Y collection, designed by Douglas Levine for The Bright Chair Company, debuted in 2007. She is an artistic ensemble member of Mid-Tangent-Productions in Chicago, and will be seen in Hydrate/Mid Tangent's upcoming production of 'Snow White and the Drag Queen Who Stole Christmas', opening November 13.
The one-night-only performance of LIPSTICK & LYRICS: BRING IT ON! is at Hydrate Chicago, 3458 N Halsted Street, Chicago, on Friday, November 6, 2009. The hosted bar opens at 8PM and the show begins at 9:30PM. Tickets are $15 in advance via online at www.cgmc.org; or $20 at the door the night of the event. All proceeds from the event will benefit Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus.
For further
information about LIPSTICK & LYRICS:
BRING IT ON! and for general information about Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus,
please visit www.cgmc.org
or phone 773-296-0541.
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October 19, 2009
EVENT: "B/GLAM: A Family Reunion Read" (San Francisco)
Celebrate the coming-back-together of the Bay Area’s best black gay literary voices. This "Family" reunion reading is an opportunity for this collective of community based writers to report back in on their comings and goings, their ups and downs and their short falls and ultimately their triumphs. This reading brings to the table and ultimately to the mic all of the stories that these writers have gone out and gathered. Join founders Cedric Brown and Marvin K. White as they read with Ramekon O'Arwisters, Byron Mason, Antoine Crowder, Louie Butler, Dazie Grego, Stewart Shaw, Derek Lassiter, Jair Trice, Juba Kalamka, Thandiwe Thomas De Shazor, Robert Quintana Hopkins, James Knox, Anthony J. Williams, Michael Ross, and Alan Miller. Historical and hysterical are the main ingredients for this reading! Co-Sponsored by the Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center and the African-American Center.
By Public Transit Take Any Muni Bus, Underground, Or BART Train that stops at
Civic Center Station.
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Jair-The Literary Masturbator™
myspace.com/theliterarymasturbator
http://theliterarymasturbator.blogspot.com/
"It Is Better To Live Your Own Destiny Imperfectly Than To Live An
Imitation Of Somebody Else's Life With Perfection"
October 18, 2009
EVENT: "Express Yourself Through The Arts" (Newark)
It's an open mic for people in the NJ/NY area. Thursday October 22 @ 7pm-9pm at the Coffee Cave 45 Halsey Street Newark, NJ (downtown area).
Elite Plus is giving this event. Diva La TroJah is the host. Check out www.ElitePLusInc.com for more info.
October 16, 2009
EVENT: "When She Was King - The Remix" (New York, NY)
Harlem, NY
Saturday October 17, 2009
milDRED performs "When She Was King - THE REMIX"
8pm and 10pm shows with Q and A after!!!
PLEASE COME TO THESE SHOWS THEY ARE ARE BEING TAPED!!!
milDRED, the artist formerly known as DRED performs a particularly mystical form of one woMan show. Her act is less a typical impersonation and more a challenge to societal ideas of what it means to be male or female, while reminding the audience that there's some of each in everyone. It's no surprise that DRED's motto is "Love all of who you are...." The milDRED Love experience is a poetic, funky, fly, supernatural-high, comedic, thought-provoking and musical performance on gender-fluidity, and freedom of expression. From a gender alchemist named NOTTY DRED to a gender bending diva name DREDICIA, get your spirit tickled!!!at Black Box Theater
308 w 133 St. (between St. Nicholas and Fredrick Douglas)
B or C train to 135th or A or D train to 125th
Harlem, NY 10030
(above Morning Star Pentecostal Church)
TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?EID=&showCode=WHE28&GUID=fc22cc5a-7cc7-446d-994a-d246b7b95523
ACTRESS milDRED, the artist formerly known as DRED
Progressive Humanitarian/Activist/Haitian-American/Educator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfcTXiTHNy0
Phone: 1-646-342-5660
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.DredLove.com
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