HOWL! Festival 2007

Venues and Events in the East Village and Lower East Side

 Alphabetical listing, click on individual venue links for more info!

ABC NO RIO

156 Rivington Street (between Clinton & Suffolk)

212 254 3697

www.abcnorio.org

Saturday September 8^th

3:00pm, $6

Punk Matinee: Rotten Cadaver, Terror Level Red, Dissystema, more.

 
Sunday September 9th
3:00pm $3
SOS: The Sunday Open Series: Open Poetry Reading. No sign-up, time limit, or b.s. 
8:00pm $5 donation 

C.O.M.A. - (citizens ontological music agenda) The John McDonough Ensemble, the COMA Foibles Convention. 40 minute sets followed by an open session with various configurations of players.
Also, open 3 to 9 pm:
ABC No Rio Zine Library: ABC No Rio’s Zine Library collection of over seven thousand items includes independent, underground and marginal publications on music, culture, politics, personal experience and travel; primarily zines addressing political and social issues, and excluding poetry.

AAI, ARTIST’S ALLIANCE INC.

EVENTS

@CUCHIFRITOS art gallery/project space

120 Essex Street (between Delancey and Rivington)

212-598-4124

Saturday September 8^th

4:00 - 6:00pm

Working Space 07: Curated by Tricia YunJoo Paik with Paolo Bertocchi, Ernest Concepcion, Rachel Frank, Haegeen Kim, Fay Ku, Stephanie Lempert, Dulce Pinzón, and Adam Smith

 @Tompkins Square Park

Saturday September 8 and Sunday the 9^th

¡Splash!: Free collective mural painting for kids. Hands on, simple, unstructured, and immediate. With big sheets of open canvas, kids just jump in and paint, anywhere on the canvas they want. Non toxic water based paint is available by the gallon and kids discover the basics of color theory as the AAI artist volunteers help them mix, from scratch, the colors they wish to use.

Safe-Non-Toxic-No-Sharps: free sculpture classes for young children, working with everyday materials. Come make something amazing!

Drawing from Life: free life drawing classes for adults and children. Professional artists provide materials and guidence to assist adults and children in drawing from a live model. Anyone and everyone can draw. AAI artists show you how!

ARTERIES

212 254 7375

www.howlfestival.com

www.thearteriesgroup.com

@Howl! Headquarters

531 East 13th Street (between Avenues A and B)

212 673 5433

Saturday September 8^th

10-2am

URBAN GYPSY CIRCUS MASQUERADE: hosted by Miz Metro, interactive multimedia live music art gallery dance party.

http://www.myspace.com/MizMetro

Sunday, September 9

7.30-8pm

TRACE: performance art piece by Theresa Byrnes

AVANT GARDE(N)S

Produced by MM Serra

917 407 0647

www.howlfestival.com/imgs/Avantgardens.JPG

@6th St. & Ave. B Garden

Saturday September 8

7:30, free

You're An Animal: films by Emily Breer, Rudy Burckhardt, Stan Brakhage, Alan Berliner and Carol Wilder. Curated by Human/Nature, founded by artist Kevin Duggan & author Sheila Keenan; to present and produce works about human interaction with other species.

@Le Petit Versailles Garden, 346 East Houston St at Avenue C

Sunday September 9

7:30, free

HOWL! Out! Against The War: an evening of the art of outrage, including live performance and film curated by M.M. Serra. Butoh dancer Celeste Hastings performs “Vers Reves: Am-er-ique” with Film-makers’ Coop program of 25 video shorts, including work by Jim Costanzo, Cynthia Madansky, Jeanne C. Finley & John Muse, Sherry Millner & Ernie Larsen, Lili White, Barbara Hammer, Martha Gorzycki, Alfred Guzzetti, Elle Burchill, Ken Jacobs, Mark Street, Martha Rosler, Bosko Blagojevic, Lynne Sachs, Kevin Barry, Les LeVeque, M.M. Serra, Bradley Eros & Erotic Psyche, Jeffrey Skoller, Rohesia Hamilton Metcalfe, Douglas Katelus, Cara Weiner, Jeff Silva, Artemis Willis & David Leitner, and Lynn Marie Kirby.

BAR ON A

170 Avenue A (corner of 11th Street)

212 353 8231

www.baronanyc.com

Saturday September 8th

Free

5:30-8pm midnight,

WAR POEMS/WAR MUSIC part 1: Ron Whitehead, Steve Dalichinsky, Larissa Schmailo, Michael Warren McHugh, Ad Augeri, Ekayani, Lauren O’Brien and her band;

sponsored by East Village Walking Tours.

8:00

War Folk w/McQ and the Dude

9:00

David Peel and the Lower East Side

10:00

Heavy Weather

11:00

The Father and the Son

(for WAR POEMS/WAR MUSIC part 2 see listing for A Gathering of the Tribes)

12:00 midnight 
Joe Bendik
 
 

BLUESTOCKINGS

172 Allen Street (between Stanton and Rivington)

212 777 6028

www.bluestockings.com

 
September 5th-9th
The Rebel Girls of Riot Grrrl: photos by Shell Sheddy 

BOWERY POETRY CLUB

308 Bowery
212 334 6414

www.bowerypoetry.com

Wednesday September 5th

All-Night Howl Opening Party:

6-8:00pm free

Cocktails and Art Auction with auctioneer Marguerite Van Cook featuring works by

Paul Pope, Donald Baechler, Peggy Cyphers, Steven Lack, Kiki Smith, Mike Bidlo, Marguerite Van Cook, James Romberger, ArturoVega, Mark Enger, Matt Enger, Riki Colon, David Pushkin, David West, Jack Natz, Gibby Haynes, John Ahearn, Thom Corn, more!

8:00pm

20 minute Performances on the hour featuring: Judith Malina, Frank Perowsky Jazz Combo w/guest Poet Kirpal Gordon: selections from On The Road

12 Midnight ‘til close

THE NY HOWL

Thursday September 6th
8-10:00pm, free
Howl! Performance Art Panel –THE EARLY YEARS OF L.E.S. PERFORMANCE ART:

RoseLee Goldberg, Carlo McCormick, David Leslie, Pat Oleszko, Martha Wilson, Brian Butterick.

Moderator: Tom Murrin
10:00pm
HOWLFEST: 50th anniversary of the publication of Kerouac's "On the Road:" David Amram Trio, Readings from On the Road and Edie Kerouac's new City Lights Book

12:00 Midnight:

Moony’s Spooky Trailer

Friday September 7th
6:00pm - 6:15pm
Bingo Gazingo - King of the Street Poets! $3
6:30pm - 7:00pm
The Taylor Mead Show $6
8:00pm - 10:00pm

Howl! FINE ART PANEL – 80’s East Village to present: Carlo McCormick, Walter Robinson, Tessa Hughes-Freeland, Kembra Pfahler, Steven Lack, Judy Glantzman, James Romberger, Gracie Mansion, Sur Rodney Sur Moderator: Keiko Bonk

10:00

Mayhem Poets

Saturday September 8th
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Bowery Kids Howl

10:00pm - 11:55pm
ODebra Twins Howl Show
11:55pm
We Are the World East Village All Stars-Goes Late

Sunday September 9th
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Bowery Kids Howl Special Program
2:00pm - 4:00pm
9/11 Video Mash-Up
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Marathon of vintage Beat poetry Videos- $6 Ginsberg, Corso, Waldman, Fugs, many more, by Mitch Corber, from Thin Air Video Archives. Corber and guests will speak on Ginsberg, etc.
5:30pm - 6:00pm
World-wide reading against the regime of Robert Mugabe Featuring Akim da Funk Buddha
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Bowery Women poetry video program- Howl Festival Videos by Anne Waldman/Ed Bowes, Kristin Prevallet and more.

CRASH MANSION

199 Bowery (between Spring St. and Rivington)

212 982 0740

www.crashmansion.com 

Thursday September 6^th

9:00pm

Benefit for HOWL! HEALTH FUND featuring DJ SPOOKY & Liquid Todd with special guest SUbSwara

Friday September 7^th

9:00pm

FIRE FLIES

Saturday September 8^th

7:00pm doors open

7:30-10:00pm

Howl! PANEL-DRIVEN TO PUNK-(Don’t Stop for Directions):

Moderators: Marguerite Van Cook and Danny Fields; with Judy Nylon, Becky Wreck, Cynthia Sley, Elda Stilletto, Gabby Glaser, Suzy Horgan, Honeychild Coleman; with Leee Black Childers, Walter Lure, Alan Vega, C.J. Ramone, and Arturo Vega.

Featured bands The Waldos, Maul Girls, and The Rats will follow.

DIRTY LAUNDRY

@ Kleen and Kleener

173 East 2^nd St.

Friday September 7^th

8-9:00pm

A Chorus of Poets: (The) Desiccate Ablution: directed by Butch Morris

DIXON PLACE

258 Bowery (2^nd floor)

212 219 0736

www.dixonplace.org

Wednesday September 5th

7:00pm

7 People 7 Minutes: the first 7 people to sign up at 7pm get to perform for 7 minutes. Open mic night for dancers, puppeteers, musicians, poets, lecturers. Host: Leslie Strongwater. Sponsored by The Department of Cultural Affairs.

Thursday September 6^th

8:00pm, $10-12

Crones, Ducks and Babes: a Howling Vic Revue: join burlesque star Howling Vic (aka Victoria Libertore) and guests for vaudeville, music, magic, and more.

Also at 8:00pm, $12

Further Adventures of the Mystical Reynaldo: with Aldo Perez, Jenny Lee Mitchell, Richard Ginocchio, Garret Lin, Nick Parker and Patrick Klein. A flawed, purposely pretentious search for the meaning of life via musical cabaret and film noir.

11BC Community Garden

East 11th Street between Avenues B&C
 
Saturday September 8th
4-6:00pm
Tom Savage's Annual Garden Reading with Merry Fortune, Steve Dalachinksy, Ron Price, Yuko Otomo and Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

 
5C CAFE 
68 Avenue C
212 477-5993
www.5ccc.com
 
Saturday September 8
 9:30 PM - 1 AM
HOWL at Cafe 5C: curated by Dorothy F. August, performers: Pheobe Legere, Robert Roth, Steve Dalachinsky, Yuko Otono, Eliot Katz, Cliff Fyman, Joanie Fritz-Zosike, Steve Witt, Sharon Mesmer, Bill Kushner, Tom Walker, Richard West, Tsaurah Litsky

14^th STREET Y

334 East 14^th Street

212 780 0800

www.14streety.org

JEWBILATION! events

@Mo Pitkin's

34 Avenue A
Wednesday September 5

$10, 9pm

Kosher ChiXXX: Raven Snook presents Little Brooklyn, Rose Wood, Old Ma Femme, Tula LaGams, and the Schlep Sisters.

@Pioneer Theater

155 East 3^rd Street

Thursday September 6

7pm, $10
The Chosen Ones: documentary about Jewish music featuring Rav Shmuel, Y-Love, Blue Fringe, Balkan Beat Box, and Jeremiah Lockwood & the Sway Machinery.

@Sirovich Center

331 E. 12th Street

Saturday, September 8

8PM, $10
Mr. & Ms. JewSA" Pageant 2007: hosted by Bastard Keith, judges Glenn Marl, Joshua Neuman, and Mackenzie Dawson

@Educational Alliance

197 E. Broadway (at 334 East 14th Street)

Sunday, September 9

10:00am – 4:00pm, free

Around Downtown in 80 Programs: The Educational Alliance Community Fair

1PM, $10
History of Sex and Sexuality: Jewish Lower East Side Walking Tour: lurid secrets of sex and sexuality of the Jewish Lower East Side, in partnership with KinkyJews.com.

FUSE GALLERY

93 2nd Ave (between 5th & 6th Streets)

212.777.7988

www.fusegallerynyc.com

September 5^th-8th

3-8pm
Subterranea: Ferris Plock & Kelly Tunstall, curated by Rita de Alencar Pinto

FUSION ARTS MUSEUM

57 Stanton Street

212 995 5290

www.fusionartsmuseum.org

Thursday September 6

8:00 pm, free

Throbbing Thursday presented by Tsaurah Litzky

Friday, September 7

7- 10:00 pm, free

A Reading by The Unbearables - An Unbearable Lineup

Sunday, September 9

3 pm - 6 pm

PRESS: performances curated by Peter Grzybowski
6 pm - 8 pm

What the Hell Is It, Ethel? group exhibit
8 pm - 9 pm

Instants Sonores #10 - Peuples du Monde presented by composer and artist Jean Voguet.
9 pm - 11 pm

Epiphanies, a film by Richard Kostelanetz with Jessica Sloate and other actors from the Alchemical Theater, and an installation/performance by Shalom Neuman.

@Pioneer Theater, 155 East 3^rd St

Saturday, September 8
8:00 PM

Epiphanies: video installation/performaces by Richard Kostelanetz & Shalom,
and Jean Voguet.

A GATHERING OF THE TRIBES

285 East Third Street (Between Avenues C & D)

212 674–3778

info@tribes.org

September 5^{th -}9^th

Bird Flew Exhibition – Ongoing- Tribes Gallery hosts a group art exhibition, centered around the theme of Charlie “Bird" Parker, featuring the works of Nathan Wasserbauer, Clare Grill, Ji-Yeon Park, Irina Botea, John Ranard, Cherlyl Molnar, who received high honors in Tribes art contest judged by Robert Storr (MOMA).

This event will also feature a small Jazz ensemble.

Sunday September 9^th

5-7:00pm, free

WAR POEMS/WAR MUSIC part 2 George Wallace, Zoe Artemis, Steve Dalichinsky, Larissa Schmailo, Michael Warren McHugh, Ekayani. Music by Lauren O’Brien and Ad Augeri; sponsored by East Village Walking Tours.

(for WAR POEMS/WAR MUSIC part 1 see listing for Bar On A)

7pm

Concert - Search: melody and improvisation.

GALLERY BAR

120 Orchard St
212 529-2266

www.gallerybarnyc.com

Sunday September 9^th

8pm, free

ART AROUND THE PARK Party for participants, volunteers and sponsors

GENE FRANKEL THEATRE

24 Bond Street (between Lafayette & Bowery)
212-777-1767

www.genefrankel.com

Thursday September 6^th

8-10pm 10$

Carry me back to Old Boheme: avant-garde variety show, produced by Richard West.

GEN X COMMUNITY GARDEN
4th Street between Avenue B&C

www.MoreGardens.org

Sunday September 9th
1:00-5pm free  
Garden Party CD release concert