Live Arts Pride 2019: THE HOUSE PARTY – 50 for 50

Curated by Tyler Ashley, The Dauphine of Bushwick.
Live Arts’ epic 6-hour celebration honors the historical importance and unwavering power of collectives in LGBTQAI culture and pays tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. Both legendary and young families from NYC’s queer nightlife and art scene come together under one roof to serve up the city’s most colorful and fierce performance, music, queer marketplace, installations and more for a multi-space, nonstop celebration for the ages.

Featuring performances and installations from the Legendary House of LaBeija, the oldest and most revered house in New York’s drag and ballroom scene, as well as the vibrant and inclusive artist collectives, Bubble_T, Papi Juice, RAGGA and Switch n’ Play.

One of the third floor performance studios will feature a pensive, experiential, and durational installation by RAGGA, designed to inspire all of the 5 senses. The second studio will feature the lead sponsor Tito’s Handmade Vodka Pride Lounge providing space for rest, nourishment, and rehydration.

Prior to doors opening, Brooklyn’s favorite wise-cracking and colorful drag queen Ragamuffin will host POZLUCK, a potluck social for queer people living with HIV and their close ones.  Created and managed by Ragamuffin monthly, POZLUCK is friendly, private, and casual; it provides a space and opportunity for all kinds of queer people living with HIV to create a network of support through delicious food and conversation. Attendance is by RSVP only by emailing pozluckbk@gmail.com.

Live Arts’ lobby remains a public space offering refreshments, shade, bathrooms, and water fountains for Pride parade participants and floats lining up in their holding spaces along our 19th street block. Also free and open to the public is the queer market place in the lobby featuring local artists selling clothing, makeup, jewelry, and more!

The Live Gallery lobby wall will feature a large-scale installation by Avram Finkelstein and Rodrigo Moreira – a special co-presentation with Visual AIDS and their Stonewall 50th Anniversary activist broadsheet project WHAT IS 21ST CENTURY LIBERATION? with an opening reception on June 6th at 5:30 PM.

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BUBBLE_T:
DJ Bichon
DJ Tito Vida
Projections by KOJI
Performances by Bibingka Mama, S1na, and Lady Ligaya

PAPI JUICE:
DJ Adam R.
DJ Oscar Nñ
Projections by Mohammed Fayaz
Performance by NIC Kay

HOUSE OF LABEIJA:
DJ Emory LaBeija
Emcee Linda LaBeija
Performances by Egyptt LaBeija, Jabari LaBeija, LeFierce LaBeija, Linda LaBeija, Poison LaBeija, and Rich LaBeija

RAGGA:
Group installation organized by Chrisotopher Udemezue
Participating artists: Shanekia McIntosh, Antonia Estela Pérez Rojas, Sasha Phyars-Burgess, Domonique Nicole Echeverria, @HoldPoliceAccountable, CONNEK Jamaica, and Christopher Udemezue

SWITCH N’ PLAY:
DJ Ickarus
Performances by Divina GranSparkle, K.James, Miss Malice, Nyx Nocturne, Pearl Harbor and Zoe Ziegfeld

OPEN-AIR LOBBY:
Featuring designers Valentine Amartey, Ten Yards Clothing, Domonique Echeverria, and Planet Modah Cosmetic

The event honors the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising and NYC/World Pride by donating a portion of ticket sales to the neighborhood’s Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in the name of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company Co-founder, Arnie Zane. Live Arts Pride 2019: THE HOUSE PARTY – 50 for 50’s sponsors are Tito’s Handmade Vodka and Alexis Bittar. Beer provided by Lagunitas Brewing Company.

Please note:  purchasing a ticket does not guarantee you immediate entry into the main performance space if the event is at capacity. Arrive early to avoid waiting in line!