Avant Garde Arama
Performance
- Sunday, February 18
- 6pm | Performances and Open House
- 9pm | Dance party with JD Samson, Justin Strauss, and more
- 12:30am | Last Entry
- Free (first come, first served; enter through the red doors and bring ID)
What better way to celebrate the opening of our new spaces and the East Village Series than with an expanded open house Avant-Garde-Arama – our longest running program – welcoming everybody back to the anything-can-happen ethos at 150 First Avenue. We’re excited to share the incredible lineup of artists performing simultaneously on multiple stages in our new home with you. Join us for a night of performance, drink, and dance!
Hosts
The Factress (aka Lucy Sexton)
Carmelita Tropicana
Ikechukwu Ufomadu
Featuring
Adrienne Truscott
Alexandra Tatarsky
Antonio Ramos
Charles Dennis
Cornelius Loy
Courtnee Roze
Daphne Always
Erin Markey
Hamm
Holly Hughes
James Godwin
Joe E. Jeffreys
John Kelly
John Zorn
Justin Hicks and Jade Hicks -The Hawtplates
Mina Nishimura
Momo Shade
Morgan Bassichis
Murray Hill
Nuyorican Poets Café – La Bruja
Pat Oleszko
Patti Spliff
Peggy Pettitt
Penny Arcade
Pharmakon
Reggie Watts
Seung Min Lee
Shane Shane
Sibyl Kempson – 7 Daughters of Eve Thtr. & Perf. Co.
Sister Jean Ra Horror
Spiderwoman Theater – Muriel and Gloria Miguel
The Illustrious Blacks
Tony Stinkmetal
Will Sheridan
Door Queen
Shiny Penny
Photos All Night
Santiago Felipe
Maria Baranova
Organized by Salley May with Tyler Ashley, Laurie Berg, Benjamin Kimitch, Juliana May, Will Rawls, Heather Robles, Ali Rosa-Salas, Shanta Thake, Stewart Uoo, Gillian Walsh, Edisa Weeks.
Avant Garde Arama was made possible with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation, Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; and in part by public funds from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Photo: Maria Baranova
Photo: Santiago Felipe
