House of HOWL! Presents Riki Colon’s Men In Skirts: Saturday 6/1, 5:30-7PM

The Great HOWL! Stage

(Enter East 7th Street & Avenue A) 

Saturday June 1st, 5:30–7 PM:

 

The House of HOWL! Presents Riki Colon’s Men In Skirts  

“And Still I Rise.”

With roots that stretch back to the famed “Black & Tan” Clubs of the Harlem Renaissance and forward to embrace the influx of disaffected GLBT street youth of color in the 70s and early 80s who found their voice in NYC Ballhouse Culture, this streetwise  oeuvre enters the 21^stCentury strong and vibrant. Mixing high fashion with the mean streets of the barrios, And Still I Rise, produced by Riki Colon, includes work by Freddie De Jesus and the legendary Cesar Valentino, the premiere voguer with the late Willy Ninja’s “House Of Ninja” The dance style made famous in the seminal film, Paris is Burning. An international cast of singers, dancers, and drag performers strut their stuff, set to a soundtrack of House and energetic urban pop music.  

Howl Festival's Closing Day 2010

HOUSE OF HOWL!

Don't miss the final day of the 7th Annual Howl Festival in Tompkins Square Park, September 12th, 2010.  The festivities begin at 11AM.. see the full schedule at www.howlfestival.com  Tompkins Square Park is located between Avenues A and B, from 7th to 10th Streets.

Some of the highlights include:  

Rosie O’Donnell’s Rosie’s Broadway Kids will perform a Broadway-style cabaret Show http://www.rosiesbroadwaykids.org

ROSIE'S BROADWAY KIDS

GRAVESHIFT

Graveshift, featuring the pop melodies of the Graves Family from the Bronx, 2 brothers and their two sisters who get along famously on stage.

Fashions from The Hemma Collection,
to be featured in House of Howl

Singer Yoshi, House of Howl

Riki Colon’s House of Howl – a flurry of color, costume and cavortin’ – a vivacious variety show with vogueing, dance , song, fashion, art- you name it.  Featuring House of Ninja dancers Javier, Edwin and Star Ninja and dancer Akiko Tokuoka. Fashions by the hot NYC Hemma Collection with live musical performance by Yoshi, music written and composed by Ev Price.

Hip Hop Howl- A massive live mixtape showcase featuring the hottest up and coming hip-hop artists in the country. http://www.hiphophowl.com

Finding Sukha Yoga, the East Village’s newest Yoga center, will welcome both adults and children. Bring your yoga mat or borrow one.

http://www.findingsukha.com

Finding Sukha Yoga

LOW LIFE 4: BEAT GIRL -JACKIE FACTORY producers CHI CHI VALENTI and JOHNNY DYNELL will present their fourth annual LOW LIFE to crown the 2010 HOWL! FESTIVAL. LOW LIFE is the free and fabulous Sunday evening climax to HOWL! - a two hour spectacular inspired by East Village decades past. Each year's theme is served up in a lavishly costumed production starring dozens of downtown's finest. This year's LOW LIFE 4: BEAT GIRL pays homage to homegrown fifties beatnik culture and the BOWERY BEATS - the rebel painters, poets and performers drifting east from Greenwich Village. The show also sheds light on the Women of the Beat Generation, often overlooked, and their influence on 50's Burlesque.

http://www.mothernyc.com/lowlife

Low Life 4:Beat Girl Amber Ray
photo by Alex Colby