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Guess what???
WE HAVE A NEW SHOW COMING SOON!
The Alternative Arts Association Presents:
As you can see, we here at the Alternative Arts Association never sleep. We spend every waking moment working hard to bring you arts, culture and pure creative Anarchy. As a result we're bringing you yet another action packed show straight on the heals of the Lucky 7 Arts Festival. It's called MindFull and it will be taking names and blowing minds at Nicu's Spoon Theatre on July 31st at 7pm.
We’re here to bring about change. We’ve come from penthouses and alleyways, brownstones and brownbags. City slums and country roads. We are those tired of seeing our art and culture sucked up into the endless maw of plate-glass gallery districts and corporate commercialism. We feel that art belongs off the walls and onto the streets, out of the pockets of the powerful and back into the hearts and minds of those who make it possible: we, the people. We stand, backs strong and fists clenched, ready for each new dawn that awaits us in static glory, a crackling hope that promises that this day won’t be like it’s brethren, for each night is pregnant with new possibility. We thrive whence things should not thrive. We live atop concrete and steel, where only the strongest of roots survive. We live, we love, we learn atop broken bottles and cracked asphalt. We are the lifeblood of this dying city.
We are the Alternative Arts Association and we are coming to fuck with your head.
Featured artists include: Nikki Baksh (Dolls of Eden), Joshua Fahrner, Drew Henkel (Drew and the Medicinal Pen), Exile Ramirez, AAA's own Jeff Hermanski, Andrew Keil of our favorite in-house DJ Duo the Two Bloody Tampons, Kevin Lawler, Alison Garber, Brian MacMillan and Pearl Marasigan (Halo-Halo Inc.), Fernando Molina, Rebekah Nelson, Alley Scott, Irina Sarnetskaya, Lawrence Whiteside (Cinema Set Free) and many more.
Previous Events:
The Alternative Arts Association Presents:
The Lucky 7 Arts Festival
The
Alternative Arts Association is proud to present the premier arts festival of
the summer: The Lucky 7’s Art Festival!!! Set to span four nights over two weeks, this bi-borough
blowout will include the works of over 30 artists from all across the globe, all
for the recession-friendly price of $7.
First,
we kick off the festivities on May 28th, by bringing to you
an extraordinary night of mind-blowing theater and scorching spoken
word by some of NYC’s most brilliant minds. This cavalcade of curiosities will
take place at Long Island City’s own Secret
Theatre, conveniently located 44-02 23rd St. Between
44th Ave. and 44th rd. The show will include
the works of Jeff Hermanski, Samantha Chance, Patrick Roeder, Tim J.
MacMillian, and Andrew Keil. Doors at 8pm.
Next,
join us for an exhilarating evening of genre-spanning dance with eight of the
city’s fastest-rising choreographers at Manhattan's legendary Nicu's
Spoon Theatre on Saturday, May 29th. Nicu’s is
located at 38 W. 38th St. (b/t 5th Ave. and 6thAve.)
The show will feature the talents of Chris Campbell and Whitney Jacobs of
Jacobs Campbell Dance, Andrea Gise of Andrea Gise and Dancers, Pearl Marasigan
and Remi Harris of Halo-Halo Inc., Cat Manturuk of Dance Cat-alyst, Tamara
Saari of Tamara Saari Dance, and Clairaudient’s very own Danita Shaheen.
Doors at 8pm
Our
Third night is not one to be missed, cats and kittens. Set on the evening of
June 3rd in one of New York’s most legendary dens of
debauchery, Don Hill’s (511 Greenwich St.), the Alternative Arts Association
brings to you a night of beauties, bands, and more burlesque than you can shake
your stick at. Featuring New York legends Verity in Stereo, the ass-shakin’,
the glitter bomb beats of Planet Rump, the soulful stylings of Darren Fisher
and his band, over a half-dozen of the city’s finest burlesque beauties, a
pornographic clown and more surprises set to blow your lid. Doors at 8:30pm.
Finally,
we invite you to join us at our home base in Astoria, Queens, the Hellgate
Social, for our gallery showing and film fiesta! Prepare yourself for a night
of beautiful art, fine film, dancing, drinking and decadence as we bring these
two weeks of amazing art to a stunning climax.
Located
at 1221 Astoria Blvd near the intersection of 14th st. The
screening will include the works of Lawrence Whiteside of Cinema Set Free,
Brian MacMillan, Joshua Thompson, and Andrea Gise. Also on display will be the
works of Michael Anthony Mitchell, Kevin Lawler, Maggie Fischer, and Kate
Leathers. This show is free, but there will be a suggested donation of $7 which
goes directly into the hands of the artists. Saturday June 5th at
8pm.
And make sure to keep your eyes open for the Alternative Arts Association’s sixth annual multimedia extravaganza
Coming July 31st
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The Alternative Arts Association Presents:
Necropolis: City of the Dead
The Homecoming
On October 17th, 2009 we welcome you to join us for a multimedia arts production of epic proportion. Astoria's legendary Hell Gate Social will be hosting the third and final phase of our most successful show to date: Necropolis:City of the Dead. This presentation will be an all out Necro-style pre-halloween bash with musical performances by: Bambi, Drew Henkels of Drew and the Medicinal Pen and Hip Like [Blank]. The evening will also feature the tantalizing and terrifying stylings of the ladies of Brown Girl's Burlesque, who will be breaking hearts and feasting on flesh throughout the night. If that isn't enough, we will also be featuring a number of other performances from AAA's own world-class artists, including the choreography of Whitney Jacobs, Pearl Marasigan and Remi Harris. Two of our finest resident Word Smiths; Andrew Keil and Jordan Levy, will be showcasing their talent in all of it's glory. Patrick Roeder, the comic genius behind Robo-Comic, will be livening the mood with his unique wit and words. For your viewing pleasure, we will also be presenting the films of Molly Ryszel and Brian MacMillan. Throughout the night you will be surrounded by the many inspiring and terrifying works of our visual artists, who will begin a 3 month hang on the walls of the Hell Gate Social. There will be prizes and giveaways all night long plus a costume contest to end the evening. Finally, our resident anarcho-porn clown Giggles the Nihilist will be stirring up tricks and treats all night long. So, bring your friends and a lust for life and join us on Sat. October 17th at 8pm. As Always, it will by a night
that will not soon to be forgotten.
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The Alternative Arts Association Presents:
Necropolis: City of the Dead
Coming Saturday August First, a multimedia arts production of epic proportion. Over 30 artists from all
backgrounds will come together to explore the metaphoric graveyard of
modern life. The artist's perspectives range from the political to the
satirical, the rhetorical to the spiritual. All of the pieces are
presented with an unabashed sense of passion and honesty. Join us at
NECROPOLIS and discover what dancers, painters, poets, and many more of
New York's finest creative minds have to say about the one city that we
all inhabit, the city of the dead. It will by a night
that will not soon to be forgotten.
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