KillJoy’s Kastle: A Lesbian Feminist Haunted House

OPENING Friday, October 16, 2015, 5:30-9:30pm CONTINUES from 6:30-9:30pm Saturday and Sunday, October 17 & 18; Thursday-Sunday, October 22-25; and Wednesday-Friday, October 28-30 Admission is free! Lesbian Rule. Forget the dead this Halloween. Feel the pulsing throb of something larger than life in KillJoy’s Kastle. Each Halloween radical evangelical groups build hell houses. These performer-animated installations showcase a gruesome retribution for the sins of fornication, abortion, suicide, occultism, and—of course—same-sex relationships. This Halloween, Toronto based-artists Deirdre Logue and Allyson Mitchell reclaim this hellish scenario with their sex positive, trans inclusive, queer lesbian-feminist-fear-fighting celebration. Organized by ONE Archives in West Hollywood, KillJoy's Kastle: A Lesbian Feminist Haunted House is designed to pervert, not convert. This haunted house of freaky feminist skill sharing and paranormal consciousness-raising reanimates the archive of lesbian herstory with all its wonders and thorny complications. Expect horror. Holey Hell House! Dare to be scared by gender-queer apparitions, ball-busting butches, and never-married, happy-as-hell spinsters. Get down on riot ghouls and radical vampiric grannies while channeling your inner consciousness hell-raiser. Each evening of nightmarishly non-assimilated lesbian mayhem will include multiple live performances from a spirited group of international and local weirdos. Deep Lez becomes Creep Lez—Just in time for Halloween (Insert witchy cackle here) Follow your demented women’s studies tour guide through the glorious and grisly KillJoy’s Kastle. Groups are welcome, especially the unruly kind. This ground-up, maximalist, not-to-be-missed haunted house—nailed, knit, and glued by a coven of dedicated feminists—provides a rare glimpse into this dystopic/utopic craftivist world-view. KillJoy's Kastle is a unique group-guided performance and we are not booking appointments in advance. We encourage visitors to arrive early (it's worth the wait!) and consider attending any of the performances throughout October. KillJoy’s Kastle includes a fully stocked gift shop for all undead lesbian shoppers organized by Otherwild. ASL interpretation will be available on October 24 and 25. KillJoy’s Kastle: A Lesbian Feminist Haunted House originated in collaboration with, and through financial support of, the Art Gallery of York University (AGYU), Toronto. Support for this presentation of the KillJoy’s Kastle is provided by the City of West Hollywood through its Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission. Additional support is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the ONE Archives Foundation. Post-KillJoy's Kastle Closing Party at RUMOURS on October 30 information here: http://on.fb.me/1VRJNqS KillJoy’s Kastle: A Lesbian Feminist Haunted House October 16-30, 2015 Plummer Park, West Hollywood Long Hall 1200 North Vista Street West Hollywood, CA 90046 OPENING Friday, October 16, 2015, 5:30-9:30pm CONTINUES from 6:30-9:30pm Saturday and Sunday, October 17 & 18; Thursday-Sunday, October 22-25; and Wednesday-Friday, October 28-30 Parking Parking in Plummer Park is located in two lots respectively off Santa Monica Boulevard and North Vista Street. Street parking is also available. Additionally, visitors can park in The Gateway shopping center located at 7100 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046, where the first hour of parking is free, and walk five minutes down Santa Monica Boulevard to Plummer Park. Locals in West Hollywood might consider talking The PickUp, West Hollywood’s free weekend trolley on Santa Monica: http://www.wehopickup.com/