Hi kids-

We're back and in full-on production for this year's LOW LIFE @ HOWL! So, roll a fattie, slip on your best flapper/viper drag, and come join us in the park Labor Day Sunday at 5 PM..

HOWL! FESTIVAL AND THE JACKIE FACTORY PRESENT
LOW LIFE 3: VIPER MAD
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2009
5-7 PM, FREE ADMISSION
TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK, NYC
mothernyc.com/lowlife
howlfestival.com
East Village Howler (Blog)

CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF BRILLIANT BOWERY PERFORMANCE

On September 6, JACKIE FACTORY producers CHI CHI VALENTI and JOHNNY DYNELL will present their third annual LOW LIFE to crown this year's HOWL! FESTIVAL. LOW LIFE is a "Howlucination" created by the JACKIE FACTORY as an evening climax for HOWL! - a two hour theatrical showcasing the East Village - and especially, The Bowery, in a lavishly costumed production starring dozens of downtown's finest.

This year's edition - LOW LIFE 3: VIPER MAD - is inspired by the early 20th century "viper" culture shared by downtown (and Harlem) jazzmen and hipsters, the opium dens of nearby Chinatown and other Olde New York drug cultures. The rich repertoire of "Viper Songs" popularized by CAB CALLOWAY, FATS WALLER and dozens of ensembles through the 20s, 30s and 40s will be interpreted in dance numbers, vocal and musical performances, burlesque and drag renderings. A time-traveling, bawdy and witty cavalcade of talent, this show is definately not recommended for children!

This year's marijuana-tinged edition features two MCs - PAUL ALEXANDER (of "The Ones" and JACKIE 60) with EMPRESS CHI CHI VALENTI, the show's co-producer. The splendid cast includes burlesque Goddess DIRTY MARTINI, choreographer JULIE ATLAS MUZ with the PIXIE HARLOTS in "REEFER MADNESS", New Bowery crooner ADAM DUGAS, butoh ensemble VANGELINE THEATER (who will reprise their "Butoh Brothel" for this special edition), period visionaries JONNY PORKPIE and NASTY CANASTA with PINCHBOTTOM BURLESQUE, international Dragstar SHERRY VINE of East Village based THEATRE COUTURE with special guest JOEY ARIAS (of ARIAS WITH A TWIST), THE NEW YORK SCHOOL OF BURLESQUE choreographed by founder JO BOOBS WELDON and featuring MISS PEEKABOO POINTE, nightclub eminence HATTIE HATHAWAY, sensationalist AMBER RAY, Red Hot Mama ERICKATOURE AVIANCE, reefer striptease by MISS MELODY SWEETS, vocal stylings of MR. PATTY BRUCE, and Viper Vamps DARLINDA JUST DARLINDA, LEGS MALONE and HEATHER LITTEER aka JESSICA RABBIT DOMINATION.


Dress Up and join us in the park! Wear NYC demimonde evening effects (1860-2010), Viper Glamour, Ragtime Rags, Cab Calloway effects for Butch Women, corsets and vintage lingerie, Opium Den loungewear, Gangs of New York, Reefer motifs, First Avenue Flapper, Top Hats or Bowery Punk.

The LOW LIFE events were inspired by the seminal LUC SANTE book "LOW LIFE: The Lures and Snares of Old New York." The annual LOW LIFE extravaganzas at HOWL! continue a body of work born at JACKIE 60 over a decade ago, with past editions in London, Minneapolis and of course, the 2007 and 2008 HOWL! Festivals. For the show's producers, East Village residents for over two decades, this annual show is a Valentine to the neighborhood's past, present and future stars.

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 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. Summer 2009 marks the addition of HOWL! HELP, a year-round emergency assistance/health fund for East Village/Loisaida artists of all eras and disciplines - visit the howlfestival.com website for more information.



More on last year's edition at the LOW LIFE '08 page
Pictures from last years edition at LOW LIFE @ HOWL! 2008 on FLICKR

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And the gorgey invite - Thanks Daddy!

can't wait!
S

Who's on When?

A SPECTACULAR show this year, with about 35 performers in 14 show segments...

Here is this year's Running Order, so you can be sure to catch your friends and idols..And YES - THIS SHOW GOES UP ON TIME!!!!

5 PM NY School of Burlesque
5:10 Patty Bruce
5:20 Heather Litteer (Jessica Rabbit)
5:25 Amber Ray
5:35 Pinchbottom Burlesque
5:40 Ericktoure Aviance
5:50 Vangeline Theater
6 PM Darlinda Just Darlinda and Legs Malone
6:10 Miss Melody Sweets
6:15 Adam Dugas
6:25 Dirty Martini
6:30 Sherry Vine and Joey Arias
6:40 Julie Atlas Muz + Pixie Harlots

MCs this year are myself and PAUL ALEXANDER, and "easel honors" belong to special guest FAUXNIQUE (SF) Also, guest MC HATTIE HATHAWAY will appear around midway through the show!

Can't wait, now back to the giant reefer construction and Fats Waller...

What time am I on?
I didn't see my name.

well i am sooo sorry to miss this..as its right up my alley (love fauxnique)
but im in scotland in the shadow of the edinburgh castle
in any case i will way be there 'in spirit'..so to speak

and i believe that mrs potty may travel down from pp town to represent as well

Mrs Potty can be reached in Manhattan from
9/5 - 9/9 at the Twist residence. So looking forward to this event. Can't wait to see all my peeps.

And I hope to see that Messy Bonnie woman. She owes me for those roofies.

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See you at 5 PM SHARP - we've got a beautiful day...glory be!

aim for 4:20 hazy that should get you there on time.

4:20 is definitely The Empress' hour.

What a day!

The legendary Jackie MCs.

Joey Arias & Sherry Vine in "Sisters".

Congratulations to everyone on a job VERY well done. We are getting so many calls and emails from folks raving about the show.
Empress and Daddy, my hat's off to you!

Now I am going to fire up a reefer and catch my breath!

The show has been geting raves.
I think it was the best one yet.
Hats off to the Empress.

Beautiful Amber Ray

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Vangeline Theater

Fauxnique and Mr. Patty Bruce

The Emps's beautiful Harlo wig by Jeff Silverman.
Paul Axlexander's hair was done by the Fried Dyed and Laid to the Side Salon of Harlem.

Looks fabulous! Can't wait to see more pics!

The shows were great Pickles.
I wish you could have been there.

Heather Litteer aka Jessica Rabbit by Mark Tusk