AUNTS

💐🌞 THIS SUNDAY 🌞💐 join us for the 4th Annual MOTHERS DAY BLOCK PARTY co-hosted by @chocolatefactorytheater , @picchurris , and us, your beloved aunties. Come help us take over the block and open the Chocolate Factory doors to the community!! ☀️🌺🎉🌷🎨🌸🪩🤗🌻🌮🌭🤪🌴🍃🌼🎪😎☀️ Don’t miss out on the artists, activity stations, free food, sunshine and more! ✨ And be sure to check out the who’s who below: La Banda @xavyvazquezofficial Shadow Puppets @stevenwendt Drag Artists for Expression NYC @dragexpressionnyc LIC Salsa School @licsalsaschool Karaoke @thatscoolwhatever Piñata @picchurris Face Painting @_jacrowley_ Art Making Station @qnscollaborative Magic @nathan.thompson.315080 Flower Decorating @m4ttmahoney Bubble Station @tawanka13579 Astoria Food Pantry @astoriafoodpantry And so much more! Friends, families, neighbors, mothers, friend’s mothers and friends of your mother’s are all welcome!! 💕 photos by @cassie.dietrich from last years block party Big PS - dm @chocolatefactorytheater if interested in volunteering 🌱

Only 9 Days Away (!!) from the 4th Annual MOTHERS DAY BLOCK PARTY! Co-hosted by @chocolatefactorytheater , @picchurris , and us, your beloved aunties, join us Sunday May 10th as we take over the block and open the Chocolate Factory doors to the community!! ☀️🌺🎉🌷🎨🌸🪩🤗🌻🌮🌭🤪🌴🍃🌼🎪😎☀️ Mark your calendars and don’t miss out on the artists, activity stations, free food, sunshine and more! ✨ And check out the who’s who below: La Banda @xavyvazquezofficial Shadow Puppets @stevenwendt Drag Artists for Expression NYC @dragexpressionnyc LIC Salsa School @licsalsaschool Karaoke @thatscoolwhatever Piñata @picchurris Face Painting @_jacrowley_ Art Making Station @qnscollaborative Magic @nathan.thompson.315080 Flower Decorating @m4ttmahoney Bubble Station @tawanka13579 Astoria Food Pantry @astoriafoodpantry And so much more! Friends, families, neighbors, mothers, friend’s mothers and friends of your mother’s are all welcome!! 💕 photos by @cassie.dietrich from last years block party Big PS - dm @chocolatefactorytheater if interested in volunteering 🌱

Only 9 Days Away (!!) from the 4th Annual MOTHERS DAY BLOCK PARTY! Co-hosted by @chocolatefactorytheater , @picchurris , and us, your beloved aunties, join us Sunday May 10th as we take over the block and open the Chocolate Factory doors to the community!! ☀️🌺🎉🌷🎨🌸🪩🤗🌻🌮🌭🤪🌴🍃🌼🎪😎☀️ Mark your calendars and don’t miss out on the artists, activity stations, free food, sunshine and more! ✨ And check out the who’s who below: La Banda @xavyvazquezofficial Shadow Puppets @stevenwendt Drag Artists for Expression NYC @dragexpressionnyc LIC Salsa School @licsalsaschool Karaoke @thatscoolwhatever Piñata @picchurris Face Painting @_jacrowley_ Art Making Station @qnscollaborative Magic @nathan.thompson.315080 Flower Decorating @m4ttmahoney Bubble Station @tawanka13579 Astoria Food Pantry @astoriafoodpantry And so much more! Friends, families, neighbors, mothers, friend’s mothers and friends of your mother’s are all welcome!! 💕 photos by @cassie.dietrich from last years block party Big PS - dm @chocolatefactorytheater if interested in volunteering 🌱

with Mothers Day around the corner, we can’t wait to open up our building & our block on Sunday May 10th for our 4th (!!) annual (!!) Mother’s Day Block Party (!!!) ☀️🌺🎉🌷🎨🌸🪩🤗🌻🌮🌭🤪🌴🍃🌼🎪😎☀️ ✨Cohosted again this year with @aunts_here and @picchurris for more amazing artists, activity stations, free food, sunshine and more! ✨ stay turned for the who’s who —— but put Sunday May 10th on your calendar! friends, families, neighbors, mothers, friend’s mothers and friends of your mother’s are all welcome!! 💕 photos by @cassie.dietrich from last years block party Ps - dm @chocolatefactorytheater if interested in volunteering 🌱

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS COME OUT TO THE AUNTS FESTIVAL @danspaceproject SO FAR ❤️💐 WE HAVE ONE MORE NIGHT OF PERFORMANCES ON SATURDAY YOU COMIN?

Tickets at Danspaceproject.org! See you at 7:30!

AUNTS FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES BEGIN TONIGHT 🤸🏽‍♀️ PERFORMANCES AT 7:30 PM BY CHARMAINE WARREN + JASMINE HEARN. TESS DWORMAN. BESSIE MCDONOUGH-THAYER. STEPHANIE ACOSTA. JESS PRETTY. 🤩 TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE (DANSPACE) OR WALK UP graphic : @foxtrot_topknot festival support: @rauschenbergfoundation 💐💐💐💐💐

🌅 MR Morning Class with CLASSCLASSCLASS @moreclassclassclass / AUNTS @aunts_here Date: Tue & Thu, Jun 10-19, 2025 Time: 10am–12pm Price: $16 Location: Danspace Project (at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery) @danspaceproject For more info and to rsvp click the #linkinbio or visit /classes/2837/ CCC past and present is an intergenerational ecosystem of artists taking a chance at teaching and learning models. CCC is a blank slate for movement artists to experiment with their artistic practice in some form of student-teacher relationship. CCC values the willingness to investigate ideas without the pressure of product; students and teachers, come as you are. We hope that you will join us! Class Descriptions: /classclassclass Tue, Jun 10 – Psychogeography with Jonathan Gonzalez Thu, Jun 12 – Objects As Invitations In with Jesi Cook Tue, Jun 17 – Move Hang with Leslie Cuyjet Thu, Jun 19 – grooving with jess pretty <3 Juneteenth <3 THERE WILL BE LUNCH! *** 6/17: Join us for lunch after class to celebrate the AUNTS festival. *** 6/19 Join us for a mighty AUNTS cookout for Juneteenth. Lunch will be provided from 12-4 in the courtyard outside of Danspace. Since 2009, CCC has operated as an artist-run, artist-initiated platform. For its current iteration, we’re working within the intergenerational ecosystem of the experimental dance community. CCC promotes pedagogy as an artistic and learning tool and is organized by Mariana Valencia and AUNTS. [ID and photo credit: AUNTS logo. An illustration of a cliplight next to the word AUNTS. By Liliana Dirks-Goodman. The text on the graphic can be found in the caption; the graphic includes a collage of four teachers; from left to right: Jonathan Gonzalez photo by Rudy Gerson, Jesi Cook photo provided by artist, Leslie Cuyjet photo by Sara Fox, and jess pretty photo by Niall Jones. End ID.]

💐 AUNTS FESTIVAL 💐 CLASSES, PERFORMANCES, DANCE PARTIES, + AUNTIE FELLOWSHIP HELD AT: @danspaceproject MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM : @rauschenbergfoundation FEATURED ARTISTS: @tessdworman @jasminehearncollaborates + Charmaine Warren, Bessie McDonough-Thayer, @wakingstephanie , @aspaceforsound , @foxtrot_topknot , @nirrad27 , @jesicoook , @alexa_grae , @kattyrealness , @thatguywen , @arianamariespeight , @myssirobinson , @briabacon , @mellowbastard , @lbergyberg , @losterstone , @bsy_squirl_ + Matt Shalzi, @autkni , @fanafraser , @picchurris , @sortofhere , @ayanoelson , @thirdlyrelevant , @el_cuyjet and more COME SPEND TIME WITH YOUR AUNTIES 💋

We’d like to give a huge heartfelt thank you to EVERYONE who helped put our third Mother’s Day Block Party together. This third year was a huge success and we couldn’t have done it without AUNTS Dance @aunts_here , Martita (Pichu) Abril @picchurris & Shana Crawford @sortofhere ! Thank you to all of our collaborators, volunteers, staff, and all the families and community members that showed up!! @wakingstephanie @meatslopmarge @FlameHairNYC @dragstoryhournyc @papishiitake @qnscollaborative #Gratitude #MothersDay #BlockParty #AUNTSDance #MartitaAbril #JessPretty #ShanaCrawford #DianaManalang #LittleChefLittleCafe #LaBanda #DirectosDeLaSierra #QueensCollaborative #TinyArtGallery #StevenWendt #SolarCooking #StephanieAcosta #DavidReyes #SqueezeCollective #GregCorbino #AnnaSperber #Beacons #DragStoryHour #FlameHairNYC #MamiLosRodriguez #PapiShiitake #BrianRogers #SheilaLewandowski #RiseLight #AstoriaFoodPantry

Dia de las Madres Block Party, tomorrow Sunday May 11, 12-4pm. If you want to chill, come hang out with Las Tias for Vinyl Seshs with #jesspretty @wakingstephanie @picchurris .

An escalation of posters for @chocolatefactorytheater ’s Mothers Day Block Party this Sunday May 11 from 12-4. CF & @aunts_here with @picchurris have a great line up, and we clearly are prepared with hot dog buns, so come over Sunday!☀️💜🌺🌷💐🌸🌻🌼🪻💜☀️ — Check out our website for the full line up — 💜Timed events: 12pm La Banda @directos_de_la_sierra 1pm Anna Sperber Dance excerpt @annavsperber 2pm Drag Story Hour @dragstoryhournyc 3pm Karaoke @papishiitake & Mami Los Rodriguez 3:30 Migratory Species of the Hudson Puppet Parade Piñatas @greg.corbino 4pm Magic with Nathan, & Piñatas! 💜Ongoing Stations: Tiny Art Show @qnscollaborative Poster Making Workshop @blurryportraits Mascara Painting with David Cookie Decorating @littlechefdiana Solar Roasted Hot Dogs @stevenwendt Cart Lady @picchurris Migratory Species Puppet Making @greg.corbino Face painting @tawanka13579 Bubbles & Street Games Vinyl & Cassettes Sessions @aunts_here Astoria Food Pantry Collections @astoriafoodpantry (shelf stable food, baby food /formula, diapers pls!!) Food: hot dogs/lemonade/popcorn / (some carne asada!) ALLLLLLL FREEEEE &&&& FOR THE PEOPLEEEEEE ☀️See you Sunday!☀️