Us and the 'new kids on the bloco', Carnaval in São Paulo. Amazing amazing people and city.. A bloco is one the parades for Carnaval. There are 630 of them. This one had around 30,000 people, like a mobile rave, with a gigantic bus with a live band providing the tunes.
In the continuing saga of the YES-NO-YES-NO nature of life, I have good news and bad news!
BAD NEWS FIRST! The world is still on fire!
BUT NOW THE GOOD NEWS! I have just been awarded a grant from @regionalarts to brandish art all up in the face of every last bit of the BS masquerading as current events!
This RACC grant supports a reboot of the show I produced last summer with luminaries like @kathyexploding , @bonniemiksch , @randy_woolf and @cellochaplin (all of whom will be joining again!) entitled "The Female Gaze: Women and Allies Petrify the Patriarchy" at PSU's Lincoln Hall in April!
This little clip is from the world premiere of my piece "Rant" (for voice, piano and martini) from way back in 2021, when my drag better half, Tartie FaLouze, burst fully-bedazzled into this world with the performances of "Fierce, Fabulous, and Fully Coiffed" at the Clinton Street Theater in PDX.
It's funny to look back at this and realize how relatively tame it was. Hahaha, in those glory days when we still had Roe v. Wade. Hahaha, in that rosy time when the patriarchy seemed like the primary thing we all had to smash.
Tartie has had to up her game with every subsequent performance (some of them ALSO supported by RACC!!!) to keep up with the avalanche of crap (crapalanche) that has been doing nothing but gaining momentum since.
Thanks to RACC, Tartie gets to ride again at "The Female Gaze", along with the many other fabulous, heartbreaking, hysterical, and faith-restoring things on this show.
April 11, 2026: save the date!!
#drag
#rant
#newmusic
#smashthepatriarchy
#womensrightsarehumanrights
#enoughsequinscansavetheworld
Friday, Jan. 2nd, 2026 at 7pm, ShapeShifter Lab, (see below) 837 Union St, Brooklyn, Sahara von Hattenbergerand Jo Kang will play "Mechanical Dolls", a cello piece of mine from 25 years ago...rarely played, and very demanding to play, as well as works by Andrea Casarrubios, Gene Pritsker, and Fazıl Say. They are sharing the bill with Gene Pritsker's amazing Sound Liberation ensemble. Let's all show Gene we can get a big crowd in Brooklyn!
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Friday, Jan. 2nd, 2026 at 7pm, ShapeShifter Lab, 837 Union St, Brooklyn, Sahara von Hattenbergerand Jo Kang will play "Mechanical Dolls", a cello piece of mine from 25 years ago...rarely played, and very demanding to play, as well as works by Andrea Casarrubios, Gene Pritsker, and Fazıl Say. They are sharing the bill with Gene Pritsker's amazing Sound Liberation ensemble. Let's all show Gene we can get a big crowd in Brooklyn!
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Friday, Jan. 2nd, 2026 at 7pm, ShapeShifter Lab, 837 Union St, Brooklyn, Sahara von Hattenbergerand Jo Kang will play "Mechanical Dolls", a cello piece of mine from 25 years ago...rarely played, and very demanding to play, as well as works by Andrea Casarrubios, Gene Pritsker, and Fazıl Say. They are sharing the bill with Gene Pritsker's amazing Sound Liberation ensemble. Let's all show Gene we can get a big crowd in Brooklyn!
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TODAY at 11:AM!!!! On Sunday, September 21st, at 11:00AM, I am presenting a free admission out-of-doors event for children, “The Boy Who Drew Cats Dance Party!” The party is on Sterling Place between Brooklyn and Kingston Aves (taking the 3 train to Kingston). Pianist Kathleen Supové and flute player Tessa Brinckman will perform my piece “The Boy Who Drew Cats”, with dancer/choreographer Carrie Ahern. The piece is based on a Japanese folk tale about a boy who drew cats for hours on end. One night, the temple where he lives is attacked by monster rats. His cat drawings come to life, defeat the rats, and save the temple. Carrie Ahern will tell the tale in dance, and show the audience how to dance the rat dance and the cat dance, and then have the cats and rats all dance together to the music.
We will provide cat and rat party favors. All audience members are encouraged to wear cat or rat costumes, or hats, or makeup.
The concert will also present my piece “Who Is The Man”, performed by Tessa and Kathy, with choreography and dance by Carrie Ahern, “The Gorgon Cycles” by Tessa Brinckman and “Antarctica” by Elizabeth Brown, both for alto flute and digital sounds.
For more info, write to [email protected].
Admission is free.“The Boy Who Drew Cats” was commissioned by The Old Stone House and in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.“The Boy Who Drew Cats Dance Party!” is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund.
On Sunday, September 21st, at 11:00AM, I am presenting a free admission out-of-doors event for children, “The Boy Who Drew Cats Dance Party!” The party is on Sterling Place between Brooklyn and Kingston Aves (taking the 3 train to Kingston). Pianist Kathleen Supové and flute player Tessa Brinckman will perform my piece “The Boy Who Drew Cats”, with dancer/choreographer Carrie Ahern. The piece is based on a Japanese folk tale about a boy who drew cats for hours on end. One night, the temple where he lives is attacked by monster rats. His cat drawings come to life, defeat the rats, and save the temple. Carrie Ahern will tell the tale in dance, and show the audience how to dance the rat dance and the cat dance, and then have the cats and rats all dance together to the music.
We will provide cat and rat party favors. All audience members are encouraged to wear cat or rat costumes, or hats, or makeup.
The concert will also present my piece “Who Is The Man”, performed by Tessa and Kathy, with choreography and dance by Carrie Ahern, “The Gorgon Cycles” by Tessa Brinckman and “Antarctica” by Elizabeth Brown, both for alto flute and digital sounds.
For more info, write to [email protected].
Admission is free. “The Boy Who Drew Cats” was commissioned by The Old Stone House and in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. “The Boy Who Drew Cats Dance Party!” is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund.
On Sunday, September 21st, at 11:00AM, I am presenting a free admission out-of-doors event for children, “The Boy Who Drew Cats Dance Party!” The party is on Sterling Place between Brooklyn and Kingston Aves (taking the 3 train to Kingston). Pianist Kathleen Supové and flute player Tessa Brinckman will perform my piece “The Boy Who Drew Cats”, with dancer/choreographer Carrie Ahern. The piece is based on a Japanese folk tale about a boy who drew cats for hours on end. One night, the temple where he lives is attacked by monster rats. His cat drawings come to life, defeat the rats, and save the temple. Carrie Ahern will tell the tale in dance, and show the audience how to dance the rat dance and the cat dance, and then have the cats and rats all dance together to the music.
We will provide cat and rat party favors. All audience members are encouraged to wear cat or rat costumes, or hats, or makeup.
The concert will also present my piece “Who Is The Man”, performed by Tessa and Kathy, with choreography and dance by Carrie Ahern, “The Gorgon Cycles” by Tessa Brinckman and “Antarctica” by Elizabeth Brown, both for alto flute and digital sounds.
For more info, write to [email protected].
Admission is free. “The Boy Who Drew Cats” was commissioned by The Old Stone House and in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. “The Boy Who Drew Cats Dance Party!” is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council.
This Saturday, Aug. 16, in Kansas City, the newly founded Kansas City Sinfonietta is performing my piece "Shakedown". If you are there, please come, looks like a great show!
