PRELUDE TO A HOWL

One door closes, and another opens, indeed. With so many seminal East Village boites closed of late, it seemed a particularly delightful proposition when FEVA (the Federation of East Village Artists) invited THE JACKIE FACTORY to create a brand-new festival of nightclub performance this summer. LOW LIFE, our latest spectacle, will debut on September 8 as one of the anchor events of the HOWL FESTIVAL 2007, outdoors and free in Tompkins Square Park.



SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 8
THE JACKIE FACTORY PRESENTS
LOW LIFE @ HOWL
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF BRILLIANT BOWERY PERFORMANCE
EARLY EVENING 5-7 PM
TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK
FREE ADMISSION
www.howlfestival.com

JACKIE FACTORY producers CHI CHI VALENTI and JOHNNY DYNELL create a brand-new spectacle to crown the fourth annual edition of the HOWL! FESTIVAL, presented by FEVA (the Federation of East Village Artists). HOWL took the year off in 2006, to regroup and come back bigger than ever. This year will include several new additions to HOWL, and we're excited to be one of them. LOW LIFE, named for the LUC SANTE book, showcases The East Village - and especially, The Bowery - as the birthplace of Nightclub Performance traditions from Vaudeville to Punk to Neo-Burlesque and beyond. Like Jackie Factory epic NIGHT OF 1000 STEVIES, LOW LIFE was also born of a single JACKIE 60 theme - LOW LIFE - THE DIVES OF OLD NEW YORK, circa 1997. The Jackie Crew will be announcing the LOW LIFE performer's roster shortly, and will have lots more news of the HOWL in the weeks to come. But we couldn't resist sharing our excitement as we begin work on LOW LIFE.

The Howl! Festival was named in honor of the groundbreaking poem by ALLEN GINSBERG and began in 2002. HOWL celebrates the East Village and Lower East Side's role as a preeminent locus of culture, with signature events like the group reading of HOWL on Friday 9/8 and ART AROUND THE PARK. Centered in Tompkins Square Park, the festival attracts more than 100,000 visitors bringing to the clubs, galleries, parks, streets, and theaters of Manhattan's Lower East Side an explosion of dance, film, food, music, performance, painting, poetry, sculpture, and theater. Luminaries like JIM JARMUSCH, NAN GOLDIN, MOBY, BOY GEORGE, STEVE BUSCEMI, STEVE EARLE, KAREN FINLEY, LUIS GUZMAN, LOU REED, ED SANDERS and SUZANNE VEGA draw the festival's crowds but its real stars are the hardworking independent artists and writers who continue to invigorate the neighborhood with their inconoclastic spirit.

Note:
To avoid the inevitable emails on the subject - there is no WIGSTOCK this year as part of HOWL in 2002-5, as LADY BUNNY and CO. are enjoying the other pleasures of Summer! We are honored to be inheriting Wigstock's HOWL FESTIVAL slot, and hope the clacks of high-heeled size 14 pumps will guide us on our way!


Marti, Jessica Rabbit, Lily and Dolly:
The House Of Domination gets Low

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Patron Saint of Howl..

Tina Paul took this picture at the First Very Jackie Xmas show at LaMama 1992. Its been on my desk for ages.

Our Howl page is up with latest talent roster at

LOW LIFE

Here's the skinny:

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 8
THE JACKIE FACTORY PRESENTS
LOW LIFE @ HOWL
CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF BRILLIANT BOWERY PERFORMANCE
EARLY EVENING 5-7 PM
TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK
FREE ADMISSION
www.howlfestival.com
www.mothernyc.com/lowlife

JACKIE FACTORY producers CHI CHI VALENTI and JOHNNY DYNELL create a brand-new spectacle to crown the 2007 edition of the HOWL! FESTIVAL, presented by FEVA (the Federation of East Village Artists). This year's fourth edition will include several new additions to HOWL, and we're excited to be one of them. LOW LIFE, named for the LUC SANTE book, showcases The East Village - and especially, The Bowery - as the birthplace of Nightclub Performance traditions from Vaudeville to Neo-Burlesque.

Expect period star turns from ROBERT LA FOSSE and his BROADWAY B'HOYZ, Minstrel Madness from MICHAEL T, Queen of Burlesque DIRTY MARTINI, Goth Heartthrob VOLTAIRE, The Butoh Brothel with VANGELINE THEATER, deadpan slapstick artistes DUELLING BANKHEADS, DEAN JOHNSON as The Irish Cop, EPIPHANY as The Bowery Belle, JACKIE 60 MCs HATTIE HATHAWAY and PAUL ALEXANDER, chorine choreography by JULIE ATLAS MUZ starring JESSICA RABBIT DOMINATION, SWEETIE as BOSS TWEED and many more. The Jackie Crew will have lots more news of all things HOWL in the weeks to come, but we couldn't resist sharing our excitement as we begin rehearsals for LOW LIFE.

THE JACKIE FACTORY is the NYC nightclub performance collective born at the seminal weekly JACKIE 60, spanning the decade 1990-2000 with over five hundred themed editions. Like their epic NIGHT OF 1000 STEVIES (the world-famous STEVIE NICKS camp-fest), LOW LIFE was also born of a single JACKIE 60 theme - LOW LIFE - THE DIVES OF OLD NEW YORK. Like Jackie 60s of Olde, all attendees are being urged to dress in the Evening's Jackie Dress Code:

SUGGESTED DRESS: NYC demimonde evening glamour (1860-2010), Gangs of New York, Victorian/Edwardian rags, newsboy caps, B'hoy for Butch Women,' corsets and vintage lingerie, Bowery Belle ringlets, Opium Den loungewear, Vampyre of Gotham, black parasols, Bowery Twink, velvet, 19th century Clownwear, Top Hats or Bowery Punk

The Howl! Festival was named in honor of the groundbreaking poem by ALLEN GINSBERG and began in 2002. HOWL celebrates the East Village and Lower East Side's role as a preeminent locus of culture, with signature events like the group reading of HOWL on Friday 9/7 and ART AROUND THE PARK. Centered in Tompkins Square Park, the festival attracts more than 100,000 visitors bringing to the clubs, galleries, parks, streets, and theaters of Manhattan's Lower East Side.

It's now official - there is no WIGSTOCK this year, as part of HOWL (like in 2002-5) or anywhere else, as LADY BUNNY and CO. are enjoying the other pleasures of Summer! We are honored to be inheriting Wigstock's HOWL FESTIVAL slot, and hope the clacks of high-heeled size 14 pumps will guide us on our way!

Oh howl I wish I could be there.

Loving you all. BM

Our fabulous poster design (preview)

Gorgy!

What I'm sorry to miss is the fund-raiser,
the "Jean Genet Prom' this Saturday!!

from Chi's mailing -

This weekend is the anarchic fundraiser, THE JEAN GENET PROM:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 25
FEVA AND THE ARTERIES GROUP PRESENT
THE JEAN GENET PROM
A FUNDRAISER FOR HOWL!
531 EAST 13th STREET (A-B)
FROM 8 PM
DONATE WHATEVER YOU CAN AT THE DOOR

You are invited to a pre-HOWL! mini-fundrasier of the cheapest kind, as is fitting
the theme, The Jean Genet Prom. This will feature performances drawn from The Maids,
Our Lady of the Flowers, Le Balcon and Tangier hotel lobby and more. There will be
scenes played out, certainly some vignettes. Music will be Grace Jones to Piaf and
beyond. The date for this atrocity of poor taste that yet offers a chance to respond
to the discourse of De Beauvoir and Sartre, all against the back drop of disco, is
Saturday the 25th of August, performances welcome. Suggested wear is linens, prison
bands, maids, french sailor (we won't cry if you all have the same costume) or
perhaps just plain rough trade. Who knows?

I'll be in NYC from October 9 - unfortunately her Majesty requires my service until then so I'll miss this.

Darnit!

i was about to cry since hypergender is on that night (and i don't think i could miss my own production ) but .. i can make it since this is hours before

yayayayay!!!

Oh, I am ever so excited to see you all on Saturday. This will be my official homecoming show as I have been performing in France for what seems like an eternity, but has actually only been 3 months. I had an amazing time performing in Nantes with such talented performers as are in the Cabaret New Burlesque. I have to say that nothing compares to the support and energy that I have here in my home town. I miss you all very much and being away always confirms how much I love and belong in New York City.
See you on Saturday!
Love, Dirty

I've been watching the rehearsals and I have to say, I am blown away by what people are doing.
The costumes and choreography are amazing.
The opening number is so jam packed with ham bones that Chi chi just looked over at me and described it as "Kill Or Be Killed".

Here is a sneak preview of "The Dead End Kids"
Arthur Aviles, Miguel Anaya, Jack Ferver and Robert (Sassy) La Fosse.

The Dead End Kidz.

From Lady Bunny:

quote:

GOOD LUCK AN I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW!

I'll be the one with tomatoes and rotten eggs! Hee hee!
Bunny

OWN THE PARK!

NAIL YOURSELVES TO THEM!

We put the stage up last night.
I'm just hoping that it's big enough to hold all that ham!

Shit that`s good cause I AM bringing a loaf of white bread and some mustard.

Low Life was hot yesterday.
ALL the shows were amazing.
There was absolutely no filler.
Everyone was totally on point.

I'll start posting pics when I get them.

This is Vangeline of Vangeline Theater in "St. Louis Woman".

They did a Butoh twist on down and dirty blues.

This is the lovely Trina Rose and I taken by the lovely Linda Simpson.