TRANS EVENTS☆(2/12 - 2/19)
Neuro-queering, Shakespeare, herbs and love. Happy Valentines Day!
MONDAY
5 PM | Neuro-Queering The Drawing Studio
Location: Pratt Institute Dekalb Gallery| Time: 5 - 9 PM | More Info
Neuroqueering the Drawing Studio is an intergenerational, neurodiverse and queer-affirming collaborative project that employs universal education design, along with mindfulness and therapeutic practices, into the artists’ studio, and throughout the lifelong, non-linear course of healing and thriving.
7 PM | T4T: GG Takes Over
Location: Metropolitan | Time: 7 PM | More Info
You are not gonna wanna miss this one because queen of hehe-hahas (and to my understanding the ceo of 54 Below) GG GENERALLY is taking over.
7 PM | Talent Pool
Location: Crystal Lake | Time: 7 PM | More Info
Wallet-friendly, high-caliber, diverse stand-up comedy is making a splash at Crystal Lake’s cabin-core showroom!
7 PM | Romeo & Juliet... with a twist!
Location: Brooklyn Art Haus | Time: 7 PM | Tickets
Shakespeare... with a twist! is back just in time for Valentine's Day with the greatest love story ever told. Two star-crossed lovers are caught in the middle of a deadly feud between their families in William Shakespeare's enduring play about the lengths we'll go to for love. We're sure it'll work out for them in the end... right?
So grab a drink, and meet us at the bar(d). Whether you're a Capulet or a Montague, there's something for everyone at Shakespeare... with a twist!
TUESDAY
6:30 PM | Gender Experts
Location: Metropolitan | Time: 6:30 PM | More Info
Queer open mic!
⭐️Sign ups 6:30/Shows at 7
💖First 10 performers get a drink ticket
🤍DM or email us for tech needs/questions
💙All acts welcome, please keep it to 5 minutes or less
6:30 PM | Performances for Palestine
Location: Theatre of the Oppressed NYC | Time: 6:30 PM | More Info | Tickets
A free evening of free evening of music, poetry, dance, monologues, storytelling, and other performance art prioritizing themes of Palestinian liberation, resistance, solidarity, and collective action alongside onsite action in support of Palestine. This event builds on the momentum of The People’s Forum’s November presentation of ASHTAR Theatre’s Gaza Monologues, which was produced by Theatre of the Oppressed NYC and community partners.
WEDNESDAY
7 PM | The Road to Love
Location: Good Judy | Time: 7 PM | More Info | Tickets
A live singing show dedicated to the ups and downs about love on Valentines Day! And it’s free!
THURSDAY
8 PM | THIRST
Location: The Sultan Room | Time: 8 PM | More Info | Tickets
THIRST night is back this February 15th to once again bring you a queer strip night that will ignite feelings of love (or lust) on even the coldest of nights. It may be frigid outside, but it will be HOT in here!
FRIDAY
6 PM | Herbal Care for the Frontlines
Location: Mayday Space | Time: 6 PM | More Info
Herbal Care for the Frontlines~ This introductory workshop will break down basic concepts of herbalism and care on the frontlines. We will talk about building an apothecary, a medic kit, an herbal station, and herbal responses to chemical warfare - built from experience on different frontlines.
6:30 PM | Play Time for Mental Wellness
Location: Theatre of the Oppressed NYC | Time: 6:30 PM - 8 PM | More Info | Tickets
These are free, play-based sessions for non-profit workers, organizers, artists and educators to destress, share space, and laugh together. No experience necessary! Please share with friends who might need it. Limited to 15 participants.
8 PM | Theater Camp is for Lovers
Location: Culture Lab LIC | Time: 8 PM | More Info | Tickets
It’s time to head back to Theater Camp for a very special Valentine’s Day cabaret!
We’re bringing you an evening of dragged-out broadway love songs, brought to you by our delightful cast of queer and trans ex drama kids.
SATURDAY
11 PM | Sissies of Mercy
Location: TransPecos | Time: 11 PM | More Info
SUNDAY
8 PM | Band vs Band: Deftones vs Type O Negative
Location: Crystal Lake | Time: 8 PM | More Info | Tickets
It is the season of love, or, as the folks behind Band vs. Band see it, the most optimal time to be as sad and horny as possible. In true Lupercalian spirit, we are pitting two of the horniest alternative bands of the late 90's/early 00's against each other: Deftones vs. Type O Negative. Come bring your first date or your entire polycule for a night of burlesque and sideshow that will definitely make you feel something.
8 PM | Leading Ladies
Location: Red Eye NYC | Time: 8 PM | More Info | Tickets
Thee Suburbia and Thee Ella Fartzgerald are both live singers. Together they have been drag sisters for almost a decade. Members of the Haus of Thee, a musical haus made of mostly vocalist and musicians who do drag, the two are coming together to share the joy of black women singing in films and musicals. They have pulled songs from “The Princess of The Frog”, “Hallelujah Baby!”, “Dreamgirls”, “The Color Purple” and many more. This will be perfect for Black History Month.
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