JACKIE 60 FURTHER and CLICK + DRAG present
THE WITCHING HOUR
A Halloween Ball After ANNE RICE

Thursday, October 31 CBGB'S GALLERY (BOTH FLOORS) 313 Bowery (1-2nd Street)

$15/$10 with invite, web printout or ankh.
18 to enter/21 to drink - I.D. required
Doors 11 PM - 4 AM

The overdressed nocturnal artistes of JACKIE 60 and CLICK + DRAG haven't teamed up on Halloween since 1999 at their old clubhouse MOTHER. This year, when invited by CBGB's GALLERY to take on October 31st venue-wide, the tribes eagerly opted to reunite for THE WITCHING HOUR, a spectacular, pansexual tribute to the literature of ANNE RICE.

Of course this night celebrates Lestat, Louis and the other Vampyres who made Rice a household name, but it pays equal homage to her other characters and dynasties - The Mayfair Witches, the Taltos, The Talamasca, Memnoch the Devil, Pandora et al. In the spirit of the fabled "Coven Balls" held by Rice's New Orleans fan club through 2000, the producers invite all partygoers to dress as their favorite Rice literary creation, no matter how obscure.

The return of Click + Drag even for an evening is a treat - the seminal cyber-fetish night that so changed the look and sound of New York went on hiatus in Fall 2001 after their Chinatown location became a liability. Click will take over the upstairs gallery, where multimedia wizard ROB ROTH (visual instigator of the last two BLONDIE tours) will preview Rice-inspired video installations and the enchanted tableus will be dressed by co-producer and costume designer KITTY BOOTS. Click DJ SAMMY JO (currently resident at CHEEZ WHIZ and FEZ) spins the eclectic, electronic, old and new romantic soundtrack, and the evening's costume competition (for best ANNE RICE character realness) will take the Gallery stage at 12:30, with a $100 cash prize.

The downstairs lounge (current New York home of JACKIE 60 FURTHER and scene of their last Halloween event MONSTERS IN HEELS/ED WOOD) will feature the sexually tinged, pan-erotic side of Rice, hosted by JACKIE MCs CHI CHI VALENTI (Mistress of Ceremonies at most of the last five New Orleans ENDLESS NIGHT VAMPYRE'S BALLS) and HATTIE HATHAWAY. JACKIE 60 FURTHER DJ JOHNNY DYNELL will turn the tables in between performances coordinated by evening co-producer JOE BIRDSONG (QWE'REFEST, JOHN STREET, THE RAMBLES,) homoerotic go-go by the RICE QUEENS and gotherotic MAYFAIR WITCHES segments by the HOUSE OF DOMINATION (last seen onstage at the recent BARTENDER'S BALL.)

Leave The Scaries in the Streets, and join us for The Witching Hour...

Dress as Your Favorite Anne Rice character. A few suggestions:

Venetian splendor a la Marius, Texas Vampyre biker, Akasha The Queen of the Damned for femme queens, 18th-century New Orleans quadroon, Vampyre Lestat (all eras,) Petyr Von Abel realness for Butch Women, the winged statue from Memnoch, Pandora, God, thrall of Armand, warlock glamour a la Julian Mayfair, Victorian Doll effects, ball dress or period costume.

http://www.mothernyc.com/events/halloween2002.html

just a question

do you have to be dressed as Anne Rice charcter to come to this party? I will be dressed AR but some of friends wont.

also you should let the stevie party list know this cause alot of stevie fans are also AR.

The Anne Rice dress is SUGGESTED for this party and your friends are welcome in other costuming. Since you are a NOTS Gypsy I'm sure you know that our crowd really LIKES to dress and put together theme interpretations.

We don't usually send non-stevie party info to the NOTS list but maybe we will rethink that if the crossover is that strong. Ive never really thought of it before, but I do love both stevie and AR and so do many other Factory Folk, so it kind of makes sense.

I have been in exile from going out and off the boards even longer. I have to get back out and this is excatly the excuse I needed.

Queen of the damned for femme queens will be my goal. Nice that jackies back in town and see you on the 31st.

I am trying to get Di to take the FRI off. LOOKs good so far! Can't wait for a full on party!

The old fangs come out!! and perhaps the horns!

Decisions Decisions!

T

With all the buzz about Click and Halloween, I finally (after a few hundred requests) , posted the Click +Drag invites gallery . Just click on the 'print invites' section of the menu and it will take you to some of our best invites. There are a few missing (I know) but this will do for now.

clicknyc.com

Beautiful!

Thanks daddy! I actually forgot to put one of my favorites up...."This is Tomorrow" -Theo , done!

I'm working on the Witching Hour video tonight, burning dollies! what fun!

If you've just gotten the custom fang urge and want a pair done for the party, I spoke to Fangsmith Father Vincent last night and he said he can definately get them done before Halloween.

That's The Transformatorium inside Halloween Adventure, 104 4th Ave. 260-5939

Please note if you are doing a specific Ricean Vamp, mention it as all fangs are not the same.

can I wear peeeeeeeeeeenk?

Shut up you tired LA no-talent faggot. I'll show you something PEEEEEEENK, something you'll NEVER forget! You ripped off my friend Ann Nicole.

A month could not pass during Click's long run where I was able to resist donning some genius-construed theme-wear, and trail on down to Mother (from my little box on 20th & 8th) to stomp and soar.

Although quite shy (and not the greatest conversationalist), I always felt at home within Mother's walls and was perpetually drawn to the true devotion to art (whether on stage or in costume) of the patrons and performers that captured my heart during those years.

So little of all that technological magestry is accessable to those who didn't take pictures or actually attend the parties.

I am very pleased to see Roth n' Boot's Invite Gallery online, it stands not just as a testament to all the thought and talent that went into producing this special weekly event; but, serves as an inspiration to all young party promoters and producers that such an impressive body of artwork can be amassed and produced in the course of their careers to come.

Looking forward to Thursday!

But this combination of Click + Jackie together is making me very nostalgic for last century's Saturday-night crowd as well, and glad that the chilluns and JCs and just-moved-to-New-Yorks will see what some of the denizens here are always going on about.

I just retrieved a rather important red velvet gown from the storage where it has slept like Lestat since it last appeared at Jackie 60's "Boys of Pere Lachaise." And I am SO looking forward to wearing it again!

Tomorrow is the day or night rather! Hope to see many of the faces behind the names here. I'm so anxious to see all the beautiful characters and fabulous outfits in all your glories, T & D kisses and hope to see you there. The Witching Hour approaches...i haven't been this excited about a party since...? hhmmm good question!

love me, you know you wanna!

*soozifloozy*, welcome to the haunt! I look forward to meeting you and all newbies, as I am somewhat of an old hag of a newbie myself. Perhaps you and I are merely incarnated by those from balls, parties, and all things nocturnal past. In keeping with the theme...hmmmmmmmmmmmm

So much wanted to come back for The Ball but it wasnt my year. Love and light to everybody especially Click + Drag and give The Baroness a birthday peck for me.

Lestat 4ever

LL

Hi Lou - woke up, read your post then got this via email from Santa Barbara

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Subject: Re: The Witching Hour Draws Near

just want to say happy haunting!
think of you all often; hope you are well.
love+blessings,
belladonna

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Happy Haunting wherever you are!

Just want to thank you guys for another great evening! Music was awesome and the costumes fab!

Can't wait for the next Daddy and Chi Chi bash.

In addition to a wonderful evening I found out why Nurse Randella is called Nurse Radella.... (Duhh!)

I'm just dead today.

You were dead last night!