Dixon Place, NYC's Laboratory for Performance
"What began in 1985 as a literary reading space, a throwback to Paris salons, is now one of the city's most important and fiercely experimental artists' nests." - The Village Voice

Peformance, World Premiere Fridays and Saturdays, May 10-25 at 7:30pm Victoria Libertore No Need for Seduction Tickets: $15 (advance), $18 / $12 stu/sen and TDF (door) "...absolutely fascinating in every respect..."
-- Trav SD, Travalance
Our heroine has finally gotten her act together, or so she thought. When she ends up on the romantic trip of a lifetime in Bali with the woman of her dreams, she is on the verge of having everything she wants... and she's on the verge of destroying it all. (get more) estimated runtime: 90 minutes

Experimental Theater, Performance, Multi-Media Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30pm Adam Collignon Loop Geographies: The Pall of Evolution Falls Lightly On The Surface Tickets: $12 (advance), $15 / $10 stu/sen & TDF (door) Adam Collignon, Artist / Performer
Olivia Gibian, Artist / Performer
Henning Koczy, Animator
Matt O'Hare, Sound Design

LOOP GEOGRAPHIES is a multi-media performance in a sculptural installation, and the next stage in developing characters and environments generated by Love Monster, Noise with White Suit, and Blood Visions. LOOP GEOGRAPHIES will explore notions of surface, disappearance, and physicality using the languages of ritual, magic, theater, bathroom etiquette, and Rock and Roll. It will also feature several animations by Henning Koczy and spontaneously generated sound design by Matt O'Hare. website: adamcollignon.com estimated runtime: 45 minutes

Theatre Thursday, May 23 at 7:30pm Claire Epstein The Beach Eagle Tickets: $12 (advance), $15 / $10 stu/sen & TDF (door) Claire Epstein, playwright/casting director;Sophie Traub, director; Alex Kramer, sound design; Bob Strock, dramaturgy. Ensemble: Sharon Mashihi, Charlotte Hornsby, Bob Strock, Leigh Hendrix, Irene Siegel, Tim Carmello, Dan Wilson, Kevin Slesinsky, Jesse Ruuttila, Asaad Fields and Sophie Traub. NY Times theater critic Ben Brantley wrote, "I can't remember a year in the theater as crowded with productions of Chekhov's chronicles of lonely lives as 2012 has been."

The Beach Eagle continues the trend with a rewrite of The Seagull that sounds like Mitchell Hurwtiz banged it out while waiting for Arrested Development Season 4 to come out on Netflix. Sublime and demented, the cast has perfect timing, the set is sparse, the soundscape is a world unto itself. AND - just as in life, nobody's parents care how famous they wanna be. See them on FB. estimated runtime: 70 minutes

Theater, Literature, Queer Saturday, May 25 at 10:00pm Ed Malin The Troubadour Struck By Lightning Tickets: $12 (advance), $15 / $10 stu/sen & TDF (door) Writer: Ed Malin; Director: Bricken Sparacino; starring: James Rieser, Eric Bailey, Glenn Stoops, Emmanuel Elpenord. A racy look at the music, poetry, heretics, and sexual deviance of the South of France circa 1200. A play with music, which asks questions about the origins of today's culture of love. www.temeritytheatre.org estimated runtime: 60 minutes

Dance Tuesday, May 28 at 7:30pm James Gardella, Tanya Calamoneri, Alissa Horowitz, Hee Ra Yoo, Cynthia Berkshire Crossing Boundaries Tickets: $12 (advance), $15 / $10 stu/sen & TDF (door) This series features work by four choreographers on the last Tuesday of each month. Curator Marcia Monroe mixes different forms of expression and encourages artists to take risks and overcome limitations within their own art form. The boundaries crossed may be cultural with artists coming from South America, Denmark, Germany, India, Israel, Japan and the U.S.; or within disciplines, as "legitimate" local artists travel "downtown" for the first time.

Pictured: Alissa Horowitz, James Gardella

Puppetry, Theater / Performance, Music, Literature, Installation Art Friday, May 31 at 7:30pm Spica Wobbe & Margot Fitzsimmons Puppet BloK!: A CHANCE SHADOW Tickets: $12 (advance), $15 / $10 stu/sen & TDF (door) Curated by Leslie Strongwater Concept by Spica Wobbe/ Margot Fitzsimmons; Puppet and Set Designed by Spica Wobbe; Directed by Nancy Smithner; Composed by Yukio Tsuji; Lighting Design by Joyce Liao; Set/ installation consultant: Chris Green; Performed by Spica Wobbe / Margot Fitzsimmons. A poetic play inspired by the Chinese poet Xu Zhimo (1897~1931) and the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca (1898~1936). Xu was one of the first Chinese writers to successfully naturalize Western romantic forms into modern Chinese poetry and Lorca was a social activist who changed the world around him though his unique style of surrealism and theatricality. With their passion for literature, social reform and true love, they changed society. By using the elements of pop-up art, Shadow Theater, Toy Theater and Object Theater, the show brings the audience into the poets' romantic and historical worlds. doubleimagetheaterlab.com estimated runtime: 70 minutes

Dance, Theatre, Politics Saturday, June 1 at 10pm SPLIT BILL: Juan Michael Porter II PLUS Nikki Nasto Circus of Life & Gratia $12 (advance), $15 / $10 stu/sen & TDF (door) Juan Michael Porter II's Circus of Life

Featuring: Laure Duverger, Denise Steiner, Marija Abney, Eve Chan, Erika Langmeyer, Michelle Maleh, Hailley Lauren, Jack Koenig, and Juan Michael Porter II.

Everything is beautiful at the ballet... except for when it isn't. Life is full of ugly things: Rape, racism, bullying, murder... it's all out there but no one's talking about it. Until now. Blonde women in black face, lustful whip carrying nuns, Muslim women who want to be bad girls deep inside, bullies who plant bombs, and narcissists who push old ladies down the stairs... Life is crazy. Almost like a Circus. We honour it and parody it with our 'Circus of Life'.

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Nikki Nasto's Gratia

Choreographer: Nikki Nasto (Organized Kaos)
Dancers: Amy Schultser, Kathleen Stansell, Nikki Nasto

A contemporary work with two sections. In the first section, a recently deceased soul enters into heaven carrying sins which is taken away by two ethereal beings offering guidance in a new realm. The second section is about that souls acceptance of the new reality. She becomes enlightened and joins the other two woman. When united they become the three graces representing charm, beauty, and creativity. They dance until the lights go down. website: www.nikkinasto.com estimated runtime: 15 minutes

Circus Arts Monday, June 3 at 7:30pm Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Bindlestiff Open Stage Variety Show Tickets: $10 suggested donation Celebrating works in progress, emerging artists, and professionals trying something new, the Bindlestiff Open Stage Variety Show is a nonstop variety show experience that may include aerial artists, wire walkers, sword swallowers, physical comedy, Kung Fu juggling, clown bands, trained rats, stripping clowns, living cartoons, a Heavy Metal Magician, a cougar contortionist, and a cowboy from the Bronx. The evening is hosted by Bindlestiff Family Cirkus co-founder Keith Nelson. This night promises many surprises, with a different lineup of emerging artists and professional entertainers every month. To sign up, e-mail Keith with "Open Stage" in the subject line and include a description of your act and the date(s) you are interested in performing.

Dance Tuesday, June 4 at 7:30pm Kai Kleinbard, Kora Radella/boomerang, Chris Masters Moving Men Tickets: $12 (advance); $15 / $10 stu/sen & TDF (door)
Curated by Douglass Post, the mission of this series is to showcase male dancers performing in solo or ensemble works created by choreographers of either gender.

Featuring Kai Kleinbard, Kora Radella/boomerang (pictured, top), Chris Masters (pictured, bottom), Jonathan Royse Windham and Radical Child.

Garrett Blair, Director; Sara Bashor, Sylvie & Producing Artistic Director; Jessica O'Hara-Baker - Becca; Tyler Gardella - Robert, Shadow; Yasmeen Jawhar - Shadow; Caitlin McInerny - Shadow; Michael Irish - Shadow; Kristin Bellamarie - Shadow. A story of two sisters as they struggle to care for their depression afflicted mother and, at its core, a new form of expression. A movement group, the Shadow Ensemble, gives physical and vocal life to the thoughts, emotions, and intentions, of each character. With each actor surrounded by 4-8 shadows, a conversation between two sisters in their kitchen becomes a startlingly beautiful combination of dance and vocal expression, walking a thin line between harmony and total chaos. "Our brains make the world linear, but it doesn't come in that way. C & H brings to life the very nature of perception, the non-linear processing of the brain." Elena Derkits. Follow us on FB. estimated runtime: 60 minutes Performance Art, Theater, Dance, Music, Media, Robotics MONDAY, June 10 AT 7:30PM LITTLE THEATRE Tickets: $12 (advance), $15 / $10 stu/sen & TDF (door) The OBIE-winning cutting-edge series (theater, dance, music, performance art, media, robotics, animals -- serious fun). Curated by Scott Adkins, Rob Erickson, Jeff Jones, Tina Satter & Normandy Sherwood. Dance, Dance-Theater, Performance, Music, Comedy Tuesday, June 11 at 7:30pm Larissa Velez-Jackson Dun Dun Duuuhn! Tickets: $12 (advance), $15 / $10 stu/sen & TDF (door) Star Crap Method by Larissa Velez-Jackson; Yackez conceived by Jon and Larissa Velez-Jackson; Choreography by Larissa Velez-Jackson in collaboration with the cast; Stage Direction: Larissa Velez-Jackson; Yackez Music Direction: Jon Velez-Jackson; Yackez Costume Design: Larissa Velez-Jackson; Yackez Mascot and Prop Design: Jon Velez-Jackson; Performance by Tyler James Ashley, Talya Epstein, Stephen May, Jon Velez-Jackson, Larissa Velez-Jackson, Stephanie Velez. Catch two amazing works of theater in one evening from LVJ Performance Co.! Star Crap Method: Sketches marking the 100th hr of development on Larissa Velez-Jackson's new full-length dance trio with Larissa Velez-Jackson, Tyler James Ashley and Talya Epstein. Yackez Brings The Fun! A meta-celebration of song and dance between performer and audience, where Yackez (Larissa and Jon Velez-Jackson) creates family-friendly merriment with their queer backup dancers and trusty mascot, Maskez. Cast: Tyler James Ashley, Talya Epstein, Steve May, Jon Velez-Jackson, Larissa Velez-Jackson, Stephanie Velez. larissavelez.com, yackez.com estimated runtime: 60 minutes Dance Wednesday, June 12 at 7:30pm SPLIT BILL: Dante Brown PLUS Julian Barnett Tickets: $12 (advance), $15 / $10 stu/sen & TDF (door) Dante Brown's Chalk Boundaries
Choreographer: Dante Brown
Cast: Mike Abbatiello, Dante Brown, Christian Morel, Chafin Seymour, Ricarrdo Valentine Rehearsal Director: Rebecca Quintrell

Chalk Boundaries looks at masculinity, and its inherent connection to social, cultural, and personal frameworks. The work anatomizes the complexities of the masculine/feminine binary, viewing it as an object both absolute and tangible in nature in order to locate the relational and emotional/intellectual ideas associated with masculinity/femininity. As a result, Chalk Boundaries depicts what consequences arise when subjective acts of intimacy, violence, humor and power are positioned in a physical space other than the social norm. website: www.warehousedance.org estimated runtime: 20-30 minutes

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Julian Barnett's Bridge Choreography and concept by Julian Barnett Performance by Barnett and Jocelyn Tobias Dramaturgical support by Diego Gil

Bridge is a performance of unfolding communication that comes to form through deconstruction. Harnessing vocalization as an agent for choreography and using the dramaturgical platform of two solos enacting adjacent dialogues to form a duet, the performance explores the unique connection-point to the listener/viewer and the links necessary to build a bridge across communicative and performative barriers.

website: www.julianbarnett.com
estimated runtime: 30 minutes Performance FRIDAYS & SATURDAYs
JUNE 14 & 15, 21 & 22, 28 & 29 at 7:30pm Dixon Place & The Apothetae Present The Penalty by Clay McLeod Chapman Tickets: $15 (advance), $18 / $12 stu/sen and TDF (door) Written by CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN
Directed by KRIS THOR
Music and Lyrics by ROBERT M. JOHANSON and CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN
Starring Gregg Mozgala, Sarah Buffamanti & Phillip Taratula

**SPECIAL PREVIEW NIGHT**
THURSDAY, JUNE 13th at 7:30pm
$10 (general admission)

New York City. 1920. A legless beggar pleads with the oncoming foot-traffic for spare change. Barely a nickel comes his way. But what these pedestrians don't know is—this deformed derelict at their heels is none other than Blizzard, kingpin to the seedy underbelly of the Lower East Side. With an army of dancing girls at his beck and call, Blizzard is hell-bent on executing his master plan: Get his revenge against the prominent doctor who left him in this condition—and against the city that could've cared less. 3 People. 4 Legs. 1 Game of Revenge. (get more) estimated runtime: 90 minutes Theater, Performance, Music, Queer Tuesday, June 18 at 7:30pm Lisa Leaverton The History of Here Tickets: $12 (advance), $15/$10 (stu/sen) & TDF (door) Lisa Leaverton: writer, director, performer
With ensemble contributors
Lucia Cousins, performer
David Maycock, performer
Marat Keyder, guitar
Jimmy Lopez, percussion
Hillary Manning, Set Design

The un-amazed transmit and the receivers receive. Details that have left each on the precipice- a step from despair or wonder accrue within the continuum. Inspired by homiletics, and the 'bearing up' of preachers by congregants, this cosmic-comic exploration of healing and sound runs by turns, cold and flaming hot- as humans reckon with chance, registering their vulnerability in the hands of others, or discover warmth from simple acts of acknowledgement.

http://www.lisaleaverton.com estimated runtime: 55 minutes Theater, Comedy, Music Wednesday, June 19 at 7:30pm Becca Foresman One Evening, Three Comedies Tickets: $12 (advance), $15/$10 stu/sen & TDF (door) Directed by Tim Vasen
Written by Becca Foresman
Featuring Becca Foresman, Olivia Stoker, Adam Zivkovic

Every wish kept behind a cork, under a lid, or below a belt is waiting to blow! In one evening, these three comedies explore the truth and bright mayhem of wishes unleashed. Four restless women, strapped into lace and tight-lipped propriety, crash their own tea party. Two Liberationsheviks, holed up in a bunker against the regime, dance in the face of uncertainty. A musician, cornered by a beastly piano, sings until the goldfish come home. These plays dive headlong into the absurd, tender, and raucous surprise of declaring impossible hopes out loud.

www.vimeo.com/beccaforesman estimated runtime: 60 minutes Dance, Theater Monday, June 24 at 7:30PM "No Holds Barred" Variety show Tickets: $15 (advance), $18 (door) & TDF accepted Curated by Cody Schreger with performances by amazing talent from the dance, theater and circus communities included cast members from Cirque du Soliel, Fuerza Bruta, and more. Dance Tuesday, June 25 at 7:30PM Crossing Boundaries Tickets: $12 (advance), $15 / $10 stu/sen (door) & TDF accepted Featuring Christina Noel Reaves, Barbara Mahler, Wendy Jehlen, and Peggy Gould

Curator Marcia Monroe mixes different forms of expression and promotes encourages artists to take risks and overcome limitations within their own art form. Special Dance Event Wednesday, June 26 at 7:30PM NYC10 Dance Initiative Tickets: $12 in advance (limit of 50), $15 (advance), $18 & TDF (door) Featuring: The Petruzzella Project
Jennifer Mellor Dance Project
Alissa Horowitz
Mari Meade Dance Collective
The Brooklyn Dance Ensemble
Periapsis Music and Dance
AbstraKT BEINGS
ELSCO Dance
TYKE DANCE
Kayt MacMaster/blueprint dance project

NYC10 is a unique dance project designed by NYC Dance Week, where 10 emerging dance companies/dance groups/dance troupes are given up to 10 minutes to showcase their work, becoming a platform to expand and explore existing repertoires or pioneer something new. What began in February of 2012, NYC10 continues to take place every 4th Wednesday of each month with a firm mission to give a unique opportunity to all those dancers/dance companies craving to share their work and to receive feedback.

website: www.nyc10.org Theater, Art Revival Service Sunday, June 30 at 11:30am Secret City Tickets: $10 suggested donation Part revival, part salon, part show, these monthly services feature performance, visual art, music, food & literature, designed to inspire, excite & invigorate the creative community of NYC. Get more info at www.thesecretcity.org estimated runtime: 120 minutes

Photos credits: Column 1: Jesse Ruuttila (Claire Epstein), Spicca Wobbe (artist), Jim R. Moore (Bindlestiff Family Cirkus), Mark Davis (boomerang), Robert Flynt (Chris Masters). Al Zanyk (Dante Brown), Zoe Alibert (Julian Barnett) LOUNGE Column2: Michael Niederman (Greencard Wedding), JK Scheinberg (Ashton Applewhite), Cecil Burger (Titania D. Grace), Julia Church (Angela Santillo), Brian Hashimoto (Chris Norwood).

Live music, great drinks—everything you want from your friendly, neighborhood LES bar. See what musical performances are scheduled and click here for more info on The Lounge.

Puppets, Lounge Monday, May 20 at 7:30pm Kate Brehm Fireside Puppet Chats Tickets: FREE Hosted by Kate Brehm. Fireside Puppet Chats arose from the premise that puppeteers, people obsessed with visuality and performing objects, might have an interesting take on on other topics too! Nestled in the cozy Dixon Place Lounge, chatters have tossed around ideas about horror, robots, outer space, amusement parks, the deep sea, uselessness, the end of the world, and the future. imnotlost.net/fireside.html

INFINITY: beyond, boundless, forever! perpetual freedom? or never reaching a destination? 1 plus infinity. Infinity and beyond. is infinity impossible to imagine? Would you rather be finite or infinite? Infinity, how do we even discuss it? estimated runtime: 45 minutes

Lounge, Music, Theater, Comedy, International, Dutch/ English Tuesday, May 21 at 7:30pm Jody Christopherson & Michael de Roos GREENCARD WEDDING Tickets: Free Admission The theatrical Indie Folk Beatbox Rock Band experience returns to DP from Nebraska and Amsterdam. Wedding cake, rock, flowers and bubbles included. Come for the music, stay for the fun, leave believing love is possible. greencardwedding.com estimated runtime: 45 minutes

Lounge, Performance, Comedy Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30pm Ashton Applewhite This Chair Rocks: How Ageism Warps Our View of Long Life Tickets: Free Admission We may think we know what lies ahead: a grim slide into depression, dementia, and diapers. But that's just the party line, and writer and activist Ashton Applewhite debunks it in spades. Part monologue, part consciousness-raiser, This Chair Rocks dispels myth after myth about late life and exposes the ageism that underlies all the hand-wringing. The talk is as funny as it is fierce, and it just might change the way you envision the rest of your life. thischairrocks.com, yoisthisageist.com estimated runtime: 40 minutes

Lounge, Literary Thursday, May 23 at 7:30pm Rob Williams and Friends Mr. Beller's Neighborhood Reading Series Tickets: Free Admission Hosted by Rob Williams with new readers every month. Each month, this reading series invites writers and other New Yorkers from all walks of life to tell us a story. Some will be funny, some harrowing, some downright bizarre, just like the city that inspired them. Mr. Beller's Neighborhood was created in 2000 by author and Open City founding editor Thomas Beller, and a collection from the site, Lost and Found, was published in 2009. To read stories, or to submit your own, visit Mr. Beller's Neighborhood on the web.

Friend us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @MBNHood. mrbellersneighborhood.com, itmustbebobby.com estimated runtime: 45 minutes

Lounge, Theatre, Dramatic Comedy Friday, May 24 at 7:30pm Titania D. Grace Through the Belly of the Beast and Back to Tell Tickets: Free Admission Starring: Colleen McGloin, Cristina Pitter, Danielle Hodge, Jonathan Randall, K'Sandra Sampson, Marie Josephine Zoumanigui, Portia Lee Rose, Rigoberto Garcia and Vincenzo Vaccaro.

Writer Titania D. Grace and director Dianna Jones bring to you a unique and touching dramatic comedy that presents the harsh reality of the current foster care system. Using her experiences working with foster kids, families, and other social workers, Grace uses this play as an attempt to give a voice to the many foster children, parents and workers that continue to have their voices silenced. While there are heart felt accounts that will remain with you, this play also offers the right dose of comedy to keep you crying out with laughter. Friend us on Facebook. estimated runtime: 45 minutes

Lounge, Theater/Performance, Dance, Devised Solo Show Tuesday, May 28 at 7:30pm Angela Santillo & Benjamin Stuber Love in a Heat Death Universe Tickets: Free Admission Co-creator/playwright: Angela Santillo; co-creator/actor: Benjamin Stuber; Director: Randolph Curtis Rand. Forecast: Morning heat wave, afternoon blizzard and evening thunderstorms with chance of hail. So get your best bra, favorite bread and that awesome edition of Arabian Nights. With absolute chaos on the way, the City's singles must frantically search for someone to weather the storm with…or else. Inspired by the lonely and absurd profiles of OkCupid and the second Law of Thermodynamics, this devised solo show examines the hazards of entropy and the personas we create in our mad search for connection. estimated runtime: 45 minutes

Lounge, Music Wednesday, May 29 at 7:30pm Christopher Norwood Tickets: Free Admission This music is speaking to those people who feel like something is wrong with them. Maybe they wake up feeling like shit and don't know why. Maybe they want to be at the parties, drinking and talking themselves into thinking life is beautiful, but for some unknown, frustrating reason, they can't. You're not crazy. There's nothing wrong with you. I don't have answers for you, but I do have an empty stool next to me and a lot of time on my hands. So let's have a drink. Christophernorwood.net estimated runtime: 45 minutes

Lounge, Theater Wednesday, May 29 at 9:00pm Jaime Wright The American Family Tickets: Free Admission A new play by Jaime Wright, directed by Joe Faustine; starring Hollis Beck, Nora Boronkay, Greg Bornstein, Danielle Sacks& Eric Swiecinski as JFK; featuring Dirty Chai as "the band." The American Family tracks the rise of John F. Kennedy from sickly bother to future boy king over the course of a single dinner party at the Kennedy Estate in Bronxville, NY. It is a work of absurdist historical fiction with just the right dose of mumblecore melancholy. It is the sweet spot where anachronism folds into essence folds into truth. Live music! Live drinking! And a live lobotomy. Remember: nothing bad every happens to the Kennedys. allthewaywithjfk.tumblr.com estimated runtime: 75 minutes

Lounge, Theater, Performance Art, Comedy Friday, May 30 at 7:30pm Jason Black & Jill Pangallo Jason & Jill: CRAFT FOR YOUR LIFE! Tickets: Free Admission Jason & Jill are the lively hosts of their very own, very special, monthly talk show, CRAFT FOR YOUR LIFE, in the Dixon Place Lounge. In addition to imparting crafting joy and wisdom, J & J feature some of the most talented, entertaining and good looking guests from around the tri-state area. Grab a drink at the bar and join them! estimated runtime: 45 minutes

Lounge, Theater, Performance, Queer Friday, May 31 at 7:30pm Ryan David LIFE.OR.DEATH.OR.SOMETHING.: PHASE.DOWN. Tickets: Free Admission PHASE.DOWN is the first public iteration of LIFE.OR.DEATH.OR.SOMETHING. and the first presentation of my solo work. The piece began as a deconstruction of Merce Cunningham's SUITE FOR FIVE, under an imagined apprenticeship with Trajal Harrell (etc. etc.)-- in an effort to discover modern structures of performance. PHASE.DOWN seeks to examine the construction and execution of theatre in an effort to further develop a language by experimenting with the deconstruction of traditional ("dramatic") and contemporary ("post-dramatic") acting techniques. Get more on FB. estimated runtime: 30 minutes

Lounge, Experimental Theater, Ethnography, Performance Art, Feminist Performance, Queer, Mythology, Narrative, Ritual Saturday, June 1 at 7:30pm Jessica Calvanico Avalon: A Play in Four Acts Tickets: Free Admission Written and Directed by: Jessica R. Calvanico; Collaborators/Performers: Millie Kapp, Georgia Wall, Annie Maurer, Sarah Ball, Alexis Powell, Susannah Simpson. A collection of ethnographic vignettes, which illustrate the various methods of opening momentary utopian gateways through the ritual practice of “girl-talk,” This performance explores the way linguistic and gestural practices in homosocial space can illuminate moments of belonging and support. It is a collaboration between seven women, which showcases the collective and individual ways of invoking the portals that open the momentary utopia that is Avalon. jessicacalvanico.com estimated runtime: 30 minutes

Lounge, Theatre/Performance, Solo Show Tuesday, June 4 at 7:30pm Angela Santillo & Lillian Meredith The Unfelt Wonder Tickets: Free Admission Playwright and performer: Angela Santillo; director: Lillian Meredith. The doctors are talking, the public is debating and The Unfelt Wonder still wears big black gloves. A twisted dark comedy performed by one, The Unfelt Wonder follows one woman's attempt to escape the lifelong scientific experiment that has denied her physical contact with objects, people and herself. angelasantillo.com and lillianmeredith.com estimated runtime: 40 minutes

Lounge, Gallery Opening Reception, Wednesday, June 5 at 5:30pm
In the gallery through June 22 Joseph Cavalieri STRONG WOMEN BRIGHT Tickets: Free Admission Joseph Cavalieri is a New York artist and educator working in the historic techniques of painting and printing on glass with kiln fired enamels. Though this process dates from Medieval times, Joseph's work is unexpected. He may best be know for killing off the Simpson's characters in stained glass, two-headed birds and his collaborations with R. Crumb, founder of the underground comix movement.

His permanent instillations can be seen around the globe and right here at home. The MTA Arts for Transit division chose Joseph to design a permanent installations at the Philipse Manor Train Station in Sleepy Hollow, New York, and his glass work greets visitors in the entrance of Dixon Place.

He is very pleased to exhibit a new series of hand painted and silk screened glass works at the Dixon Place Lounge this June. This sequence of illuminated glass works feature portraits of strong women in Cavalieri's world.

Lounge, Queer, music, theater, history, American, cabaret, performance art Wednesdays, June 5, 12, and 19 at 7:30pm Taylor Mac's "24-hour Concert of the History of Popular Music" keeping the 240 songs in my head Tickets: Free Admission A 240 song concert is hard to keep in your head, so in preparation for Taylor Mac's 24-hour Concert of the History of Popular Music (to be performed in 2015) Taylor and the various musical directors will use the Dixon Place Lounge as their open rehearsal room. Pass-the-hat-free, laid back, and ever so intimate.

Lounge, Queer, Music, Comedy, Performance Wednesday, June 5 at 9:30pm Liliana Velasquez, Chewy May, & Caitlyn Rodgers Hail to the V, Sometimes Not Tickets: Free Admission An eclectic group of musicians, performance art, & stand up comedy. Liliana, Chewy & Caitlyn, all tired of the negative, degrading view in comedy on women and the vagina, a place we all came out of. We don't care what your into male /female/ male/male, female/female come have fun celebrate life and love or the lack there of. estimated runtime: 90-120 minutes

Lounge, Literature, Music, Photography, Punk Rock Friday, June 7 at 7:30pm TO BEGIN AGAIN: A Modern Campfire Tickets: Free Admission
Curated by Michael Wiener and Neke Carson

Featuring Brian Mazo and Darren Gaines accompanied by Rick Parker on Trombone. Images by Travis Ruse and Meital Bar Natan.

A music video collaboration between Brian Mazo and Darren Gaines - "To Begin Again" - will introduce Gaines reading vignettes from his forthcoming novel, "Billboards." Gaines, born in San Francisco but working in New York for the moment, will also perform a song from his book.

Mazo, born in New York, wrote "A Rose by Any Other Name" in Los Angeles and published it from Minneapolis, where none of it takes place. The twenty-six short stories that comprise the collection take place at that crossroads where lovers meet, bisect, dissect each other. Mazo, fresh from appearances in the Mid-West and LA, will read three of his tales in his native accent. Roses and red wine: New York is all right if you like trombone… estimated runtime: 42 minutes

Lounge, Theater/Performance, Queer Saturday, June 8 at 7:30pm RustyF@g's Town Hall Tickets: Free Admission East Coast transplants from the Midwest, RUSTYF@G draws upon autobiography, alienation, and found object to generate their circus of aesthetic inquiry. Cultural calamities permeate the work of well-dressed, manicured, fashionably late RUSTYF@G. They exist somewhere between working class, cyberspace, and complete exile. Town Hall indicts these categories, as well as the increasing gravitation towards extreme polarity in contemporary American culture. As a devised performance, Town Hall ruthlessly melts together cultural polarities faster than the ice caps, attempting to unearth America with a beating heart: one that loves to love nearly as much as it loves to hate. website: rustyfag.org

Lounge, Comedy Saturday, June 15 at 7:30pm Joe Mauricio and Caroline Contillo Stars over Paramus Tickets: Free Admission Whether you're livin' on a prayer or livin' off the Jersey Turnpike, the comedy stylings of native New Jersians Joe Mauricio and Caroline Contillo are gonna be right up your alley. Jokes, stories and songs from the other side of the Hudson will have you pumping your fists. estimated runtime: 45 minutes

Literature in the Lounge Tuesday, June 18 at 7:30pm Experiments & Disorders with Kate Robin & Jamie Townsend Tickets: $6 Experiments and Disorders is DP's long running literary series, curated by Christen Clifford and Tom Cole. Recent participants include: Lynne Tillman, Paul Lisicky, Karen Lillis, Ethan Lipton, Phillip Lopate, Laurie Stone, Rebekah Rutcoff, Patty Powers, McKenzie Wark, John Wray, and Eileen Myles.

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