Dear friends of the Bureau,
We hope to see you soon at the Bureau's upcoming events and during
our regular hours, Wednesdays-Sundays, 1-7 PM.
Monday, February 15, 7 PM
Union Square Slam present JOSÉ OLIVAREZ and our LOVE AND HEARTBREAK THEME SLAM
Oh. It's that time of year again. That time when no matter who you are, you got something to say about Love. Welp. Let's hear it!! Join us for an incredible feature by Chicago's own literary badass, José Olivarez, and our Love and Heartbreak Theme Slam!!
COMPETING POETS, TAKE NOTE: THIS IS THE LAST THEME SLAM BEFORE THE IRON POET SLAM ON APRIL 26TH. IF YOU HAVEN'T COMPETED IN A THEME SLAM YET AND WANT TO GO FOR TEAM, THIS IS YOUR SECOND TO LAST CHANCE TO DO SO.
6:00pm: Free Poetry Workshop with Sara Emily Kuntz
7:00pm: Sign ups for Open Mic and Slam
7:30pm: Open Mic
8:00pm: Feature
8:30pm: Poetry Slam
About our Feature:
José Olivarez is the co-author of the book of poems Home Court. ... Keep reading
About our Slam:
Bust out your sexy erotica, your heartfelt odes, your viled and anguished break-up lines.
::THEME SLAMS::
We have a variety of Theme Slams, meant to introduce different artistic elements, challenges, and inspiration to our work. ... Keep reading
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Wednesday, February 17, 7 PM
Radicals Reading Series | New York Featuring legendary writer and activist Larry Kramer, along with writer and editor, J. Bryan Lowder, and educator Damon Jacobs.
Radicals | New York features some of today’s leading LGBTQ activists, educators and commentators. From gay history and identity to awareness and sexual health, Radicals honors those who strive to make a difference through their work, provoking thought and demanding change. Featuring legendary writer and activist Larry Kramer, along with writer and editor, J. Bryan Lowder, and educator Damon Jacobs.
Free event
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Thursday, February 18, 7 PM
Benjamin Fredrickson in Conversation with Hunter O'Hanian
Benjamin Fredrickson. EJ Sleeping, 2015, 10 x 8” Gelatin silver print from paper negative. Edition # 1/3.
In conjunction with the Bureau's exhibition Benjamin Fredrickson: Salon, the Bureau hosts a conversation between Benjamin Fredrickson and Hunter O'Hanian, Director of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art.
Suggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau.
No one turned away for lack of funds.
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Saturday, February 20, 7 PM
Newfangled 9: Robert Siek hosts Yanyi Luo, Sam Ross, and Nomi Stone
Join us for the 9th installment of Newfangled, poetry readings by emerging poets hosted by Robert Siek. Newfangled 9 will feature Yanyi Luo, Sam Ross, and Nomi Stone.
Suggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds.
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Monday, February 22, 7 PM
Union Square Slam presents FRANNY CHOI and SEMIFINALS #2
It's that time of the year again! Time for Union Square Slam's top poets to duke it out for the next two spots on our first Finals stage ever this May, with none other than the legendary Franny Choi!!!
6pm: Free Poetry Workshop with Sara Emily Kuntz
7pm: sign-ups (open Mic Only)
7:30pm: Open Mic
7:50pm: Feature
8: 20pm: Semifinals Slam (invite only)
About our Feature:
FRANNY CHOI is a writer, performer, and teaching artist. ... Keep reading.
About our Slam:
::Union Square Slam National Team Competition::
There are 3 quarters of competitive poetry slam, each culminating in a Semifinal. Each quarter consists of six open slams (one or more of which is a New Shit slam -- competition in New Shit slams counts towards your total points!) ... Keep reading.
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Wednesday, February 24, 7 PM
Celebrating Queer: A Reader for Writers, featuring Editor Jason Schneiderman, and contributors Charles Rice-Gonzalez (moderator), Justin Vivian Bond, Mark Doty, & Ebony Smith
Join us for the launch of Jason Schneiderman‘s anthology Queer: A Reader for Writers, the first freshman composition reader built entirely around queer topics. Charles Rice-Gonzalez moderates a discussion amongst fellow contributors Justin Vivian Bond, Mark Doty, Ebony Smith, and Schneiderman.
Suggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Thursday, February 25, 7 PM
NYC Revolutionary Feminism Study Group
Join us for week 17, the final week of the Fall-Winter 2015/2016 NYC reading group of Revolutionary Feminism: Communist Interventions, vol. III, a reader from the Communist Research Cluster. All NYC Revolutionary Feminism meetings are open and welcoming to the public. Week 17 will look at dual systems theory, reading pieces written by Heidi Hartmann and Iris Marion Young.
The reader can be found online here.
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Friday, February 26, 7 PM
Tell 21: My Passion
TELL is an evening of story telling from the mouths and minds of queers in NYC hosted by Drae Campbell at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division since February 2014. Come celebrate the second anniversary of TELL!
My Passion is the theme of the twenty-first installment of TELL. Featuring Aviya Eschenazi, Tanisha Thompson, Jess Tell, and Jacob Tobia.
$10 suggested donation – no one turned away for lack of funds
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Saturday, February 27, 7 PM
Keith Taylor Presents
Keith Taylor presents an encore screening of his short film “The Last Day,” directed by Infinite, followed by an acoustic musical performance by YouTube sensation Rockstar Sissy (Catherine Taormina), and displays of art work by visual artists Trevon Latin (as S. Relentless) & Catherine Taormina.
Suggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds.
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Tuesday, March 1, 7 PM
Union Square Slam presents GEOFF KAGAN-TRENCHARD
Well, here we are! A fresh new quarter on our Brand New Day: as of this show, Union Square Slam has officially moved to TUESDAYS!! Take note, then get your Art Hearts down here for the indominable Geoff Kagan-Trenchard, and our very first open slam in our last quarter!!
6:00pm: Free Poetry Workshop with Sara Emily Kuntz
7:00pm: Sign-ups
7:30pm: Open Mic
8:00pm: Feature
8:30pm Poetry Slam
About our Feature:
Geoff Kagan-Trenchard is a nationally recognized poet and theater artist. His work has been featured on HBO, All Def Poetry, TEDx, and Upworty. … Keep reading.
About our Slam:
::Union Square Slam National Team Competition::
There are 3 quarters of competitive poetry slam, each culminating in a Semifinal. Each quarter consists of six open slams (one or more of which is a New Shit slam -- competition in New Shit slams counts towards your total points!) … Keep reading.
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Wednesday, March 2, 7 PM
Juliana, the novel (Vol 1: 1941-1944): A Dramatic Reading with Vanda, the Author, and Actors
Vanda, author of Juliana, will be joined by actors in a dramatic reading from the new novel. JULIANA is the story of dreams, the dreams of two women who randomly, inevitably cross paths, of stage stardom and soulful songs amid the deceptions required in a 1940s New York City, where love was presumed to be straight, and destiny was supposed to be written in the stars.
After the reading refreshments will be served and there will be an opportunity to talk with the author and the actors.
Suggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds.
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Thursday, March 3, 7 PM
Natalie Diaz, Ocean Vuong, and Christopher Soto: tour to end queer youth homelessness
Please join Natalie Diaz, Ocean Vuong, and Christopher Soto for a reading celebrating the launch of Soto's first chapbook Sad Girl Poems on the national TOUR TO END QUEER YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.
Suggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds.
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Friday, March 4, 7 PM
DREAM CLOSET: Meditations on Childhood Space
Event image by Aram Jibilian.
Dream Closet: Meditations on Childhood Space is a new anthology of poetry, essays, and visual art edited by Matthew Burgess and published by Secretary Press. Contributors reflect on enclosures from their own childhood—the closet, the fort, the tent of bed sheets, the inverted cardboard box—and explore their various meanings. Whether found or made, these spaces are often sites of privacy, of escape, of aesthetic or erotic self-discovery, and of queer self-identification. This event will include a reading from selected contributors and a short Q&A.
Featuring Melissa Febos, Luis Jaramillo, Christina Olivares, Jason Zuzga, Lara Mimosa Montes, Ian Hatcher, Ryan Skrabalak, and Margaret Douglas.
Suggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Check out the Dream Closet book trailer created by friend and contributor, Matthew Sandager.
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Sunday, March 6, 5 PM
A Paper Cuts Zine Reading
Event image: Drawing by Paul Moreno
Paper Cuts is an exploration of the contemporary world of zines and DIY publishing that airs on Clocktower.org. In 2015, Paper Cuts took the show on the road in a monthly reading series that's touring independent bookstores in New York. We feature writers, zinesters, artists, and performers who typically share their work in print, on paper, and in small editions. This series is a cross section of the varied landscape and rich history of publishing and the institutions that support it. Listen to voices that would normally live in your hands and demand your eyeballs.
Readers:
Paul Moreno
Arno Mokros
Posture // Winter Mendelson and M. Lamar
Sy Abudu
Nicholas Boggs
Suggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds.
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Check out the Bureau's current exhibition: Benjamin Fredrickson: Salon
January 21 through March 20, 2016
Organized by Daniel Cooney Fine Art
The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division and Daniel Cooney Fine Art are very pleased to present New York City artist Benjamin Fredrickson’s solo exhibition at the Bureau’s space in The LGBT Community Center on 13th Street. This exhibition coincides with Fredrickson’s collaborative exhibition with Juan Betancurth at Daniel Cooney Fine Art in Chelsea.
The exhibition, titled Salon, will feature previously unseen Polaroid photographs and new images made with paper negatives. Fredrickson’s early work documents his sexual life and his community of gay men. His new work, while less explicit, unexpectedly offers deep intimacy and beauty among his subjects. Fredrickson relies on his intuition while working with his subjects and achieves an ephemeral quality that is unique to this new work.
Fredrickson himself appears in many of his own images as part of the culture he photographs as his work is highly autobiographical. He photographs other men but he never photographs “the other”, instead he is interested in revealing himself, his humanity and his vision of the world around him. His photographs are loving and honest, brimming with sexual desire. Many of his subjects look directly at the camera, all of them are aware that they are being looked at and gladly present themselves for that purpose.
The consistent theme throughout Fredrickson’s images continues to be a longing for human connection, either by sexual interaction or through the act of photographing and being photographed. He makes himself vulnerable and in turn his subjects reveal themselves for his camera and the viewer’s gaze.
Fredrickson graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2003 and moved to New York City in 2010. He has been included in the Museum of Art and Design’s “New York Makers”, group exhibitions at Darkroom Gallery, La Mama Galleria in addition to collaborations with Visual AIDS. His work has been published in Apartamento, BUTT, Capricious, Dazed and Confused, and Pin-Up. He is represented by Daniel Cooney Fine Art.
The Bureau will host a conversation between Benjamin Fredrickson and Hunter O'Hanian, Director of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, on Thursday, February 18, 7 PM.
Image: Benjamin Fredrickson, Dog, 10 x 8". Gelatin silver print.
Download a PDF of the press release for Benjamin Fredrickson: Salon.
he Bureau also recommends:
SPEAK OUT at Bronx Art Space through February 20th
SPEAK OUT demonstrates the persistent visions of cultural fortitude, resistance, and insurrection that make up our community in the Bronx and the greater New York City. In a borough with a rich history of resistance and community organizing, we are honored to produce this exhibition at BronxArtSpace at the start of a new year in the post-no indictment era, contemplating a justice system in the United States that is clearly unjust.
Artworks and performances address legacies of injustice, offer alternatives to institutional racism, and present empowering and honest images of the self, body, community, and reality that affirm that #BlackLivesMatter.
James Baldwin states “the most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.” A culture that deprives Black and Brown women and men of educational opportunities, housing, human equity, sexual, gender, and financial, protection leaves nothing more to lose. SPEAK OUT strives to acknowledge and further legitimize the pain and anger while also sparking concepts for a greater future.
Speak Up, Speak Out
Curated by Linda Cunningham, Eva Mayhabal Davis, and Dalaeja Foreman
Atikur Abdul, John Ahearn, Antonia Andrioti, Aileen Bassis, Thom Bess, Janet Braun-Reinitz, Michael Paul Britto, Suzanne Broughel, Lex Brown, Walter Cruz, Richel M. Cuyler, Tasha Dougé, Dominique Duroseau, John Edmonds, Jay Espy, Adam Farcus, Shelley Feinerman, William Folchi, Cacy Forgenie, Alvaro G. Franco, Jonathan Gardenhire, Camilo Gordoy, Josué Guarionex, Christopher Hill, William Howard, Ariel Jackson, Daniel Johnson, Gauntam Kansara, Pat Lamanna, Erin Lefevre, Joe Lewis, Carlos Martiel, Rafael Melendez, Traci J. Molloy, Kaytea Petro, Michael Pribich, Dennis RedMoon Darkeem, Vincent Romaniello, Jaffia Royes, Tajh Rust, Alex Seel, Brittani Sensabaugh, Rudy Shepherd, Spencer Washington, Cinnamon Willis, Quay Quinn Wolf, Lachell C. Workman, Allison Yasukawa, MG Young
BronxArtSpace
305 E 140th St #1A
Bronx, NY 10454
(718) 401-8144
Transfigure
Leon Mostovoy
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, Prince St. Project Space
February 27 - February 28, 2016, 12 - 6pm
Transfigure is a project of corporal self-expression, presented as an experimental, visual feast. It’s a celebration of bodies that transcend the gender binary. As a transgender man I created the project as a step in my own self-acceptance and to promote positive body image in the Trans Community.
During the installation, which includes the book, life-size photographs, a film, and interactive website, attendees are encouraged to reconfigure the physical book, play on the website, and communicate online using the Transfigure Website Community Forum Page to engage with people outside the walls of the gallery.
This project began with the concept of a traditional children’s flipbook, made up of transgender bodies, and created to explore our bodies in a safe and playful way.
Opening Reception: February 26, 6 - 8 pm
127-B Prince Street
New York, NY 10012
(At Prince & Wooster)
Leon Mostovoy will give an artist lecture on February 25, 6:30-8:30 pm in the Main Gallery,
26 Wooster Street
New York, NY 10013
(Between Grand & Canal)
We continue to add new events, so please check our events page on our website for the most up-to-date information. We always welcome your suggestions, recommendations, and proposals. Thank you for your support!
love,
Greg & Donnie
BUREAU OF GENERAL SERVICES—QUEER DIVISION
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