Beacon Friends:
On Thursday, April 30, please drop by the Howland Public Library to vote to re-elect Kathy Furfey as a trustee! As a retired teacher (and my wonderful downstairs tenant in Beacon for nine years now) Kathy brings invaluable experience and dedication and she's eager to continue serving our community. You can read more about her here:
/vote#candidates
Thanks for considering!
I’m thrilled to be doing standup comedy for the first time on Saturday at Industrial Arts as a part of the spectacular lineup Serving Music, Comedy and (I’ll let you look at the poster…) While I suspect that everyone could use a laugh and a groove right about now, I KNOW that nothing terrifies fascists more than free assembly and free expression. We need to come together now more than ever and I so hope you’ll join us. (Ticket link in bio.)
I won’t be going on until 9:45 for those who can’t make it earlier and I love so many of the people and bands in this program!
NEW VENUE!
Please join us at Industrial Arts on Friday for a raucous night of retro music! Ticket link in bio (or scan the QR code)
It’s gonna be such a fun night and we’d love to have you join us!
If you haven’t yet heard of @the.ellis.newburgh it’s just a matter of time before you do because The Ellis, a massive former church on Dubois Street in Newburgh, is destined to become the hottest nightclub in the Hudson Valley. And at Cosmic Love, their New Year’s Eve dance party, I’ll be serving as “The Conductor of Life.” You’ll have to come see for yourself just what that entails—as well as the costume—and there will be a lineup of top-notch DJs and champagne at midnight. (Ticket link in bio) Back in NYC I caught the last days of The Limelight and this decommissioned church kicks that decommissioned church’s ass. Please join us at midnight for a magical restart in this vast and stunning new venue. Happy New Year!
When you fry a Thanksgiving turkey you get a dispensation from having to dress up. (The next video shows it coming out and then a shot depicting the lack of ageism in the virulence of screens…) I hope everyone’s Thanksgiving was crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside.
Why don’t 🫵 come up to the lab…& see what’s on the…😏? I mean… Dr. Frank-N-Furter briefly graced us with his presence for the Frank-N-Off last month @industrialartsbrewing . And as we love a good, ahem, tease 🫦, we thought we’d give just a taste of @johnblesso as the good doctor. 😈 🩺🥼We could show you the whole but why when you should shiver with antici… #SAYIT 💥 October 25, 10pm… ONLY at #NewburghFringeFest !! $12 tiks, concession, Riff-Raffle, & all the dreams you can BE! ✨✨✨✨The doctor is waiting to show you his man. 💅💫
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Special shout out & thanks to the band: The Satanic Mechanics!! You all are #RockStars ! 🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥
Video: @eringiunta 💋 THANK YOU!
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#Frank #FrankNFurter #RockyHorrorPictureShow #RiffRaff #Magenta #Columbia #Eddie #DammitJanet #Brad #Rocky #SweetTransvestite #NewburghNY #HudsonValley
What a joyous and unexpected honor it has been to embody Frank-n-Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, as I’ve heard so many stories about how Tim Curry’s iconic character inspired people to step out of the rigid and limiting confines of Society and into their own. I’ll be taking my final Frank turn in a “shadow cast” screening on Saturday as part of the @hithousecreative contribution to Newburgh Fringe. (The “shadow cast” was invented in the Village when costumed attendees began campily bringing the action to life in front of interactive midnight screenings. Our screening begins at the more reasonable hour of 10 pm. :) If you’ve never seen the original cult classic, this is the perfect opportunity to see why this dazzling, superfun movie continues to mean so much to so many people.
ALSO! We need more Transylvanians! Basically, the Transylvanians dance to the Time Warp and other songs while interactively partying. If you’re one of the many people who have confessed to me that you’d love to try performing, but are terrified to get out in front of people, this is the perfect, low-stakes opportunity (It’s Just a Jump to the Left) to break out of your comfort zone and perhaps see what’s next in store for you. Dress however you like—imagine going to a dance party with no theme. Or feel free to reference the movie. It’s going to be a bash and it would be great to have you join us. Please reach out to @nichtercornwell for more info and I’d love to see you on Saturday! Link in bio or grab tickets from attached QR code.
On Friday, my INXS tribute band DEVIL INSIDE will once again open for Trois Cat Sank (led by the incomparable Jean-Claude God Damn) for a superfantabulous night of 80s music. Period costumes and dancing are not required, but this may be the last time that DEVIL INSIDE plays for some time, so please join us!
@untouchablenewburgh
40 Liberty St, Newburgh
Friday, October 10 at 8 pm
One of the things I most love about Beacon is its seeming endless opportunities for people—especially people of a certain age—to try new things. Here I am doing my best Tim Curry at last week’s Rocky Horror Picture Show immersive experience. (link in bio)
(I’ll be donning the fishnets once again for a shadowcast screening of the film on 10/25.)
And on Saturday at @denningspointdistillery I’ll be performing as “The Redeemer,” a vaguely Shakespearen/Satanic character that comically comments on actors performing the anonymous TRUE CONFESSIONS of audience members. It's free, but if you'd like a seat, get there early and enjoy a cocktail. I hope to live up to my outfit...
Perhaps my favorite part of midlife is how things I airily fantasized about as a teenager during the 1980s are actually happening—35 years later. Here’s one more: On Thursday I’ll be part of an immersive Rocky Horror Picture Show experience. Without spilling here exactly what I’ll be performing, suffice it to say that I’ve got legs; I know how to use them. Please come join us!
/events/hithousecreative/1822648
(Link also in bio)
