GAY MAY DAYS

GAY MAY DAYS is a 3-day weekend of performances and a communal space with workshops, special events, and nightly maypole dances, curated by Jason Jenn and Ian MacKinnon. Contributions of great LGBTQ figures in history will be honored and the nature of gayness will be explored by members of LA’s contemporary creative community. Gay May Days celebrates aspects of Beltane, Social Justice, & The Eros of Springtime through a gay centered perspective. A series of programs will occur on Friday night, all day Saturday, and part of Sunday, May 3-5, 2013 at Spirit Studio Silverlake. Full details will bloom over time. Check out gaymaydays.tumblr.com for more details. FRIDAY NIGHT FEATURE (8:30pm-11:30pm): HOMO HEROES, a red hot evening of performances focused on honoring and presenting historical gay greats with special excerpts from Ian MacKinnon’s Gay Hist-Orgy, and performances by: Broadway Playwright Robert Patrick, Jean Natalia, Monica Howe, Jose Promis, Doug Hammett, Neil Eliot, Hank Henderson, Luke Johnson, Brian DeShazor, Coral Lobera, R. SKY Palkowitz, Jason Jenn, and more! Followed by a may pole dance, and mixer. Screening: Peter Berlin Fest: Knights in Black Leather & That Boy SATYRDAY AFTERNOON (Noon-7pm): *12-2pm Warm up with A Gay Activist Workout, mingle & be merry 2-3pm Be inspired, feel the passion, feel the pain, and connection from the reading aloud of historic Gay Love Letters between lovers 3-5pm Tap into your inner gay spirit and share it boldly with the world with Ian MacKinnon’s Get More Gay Manifesto workshop (including a presentation by David LeBarron about the organization Act Up!) 5-7pm Hank Henderson’s Homo-Centric "Heroes & Saints" includes readers Andrea Lambert, Alex Davis, Anthony Moses Sanchez, Daniel Foster, David Parke Epstein, Hank Henderson, Kyle T. Wilson, Rich Yap, Tomas Mournian. From Genet to Cho & the Beats to Bowie, everyone will introduce & read from the work of a personal hero or saint that inspired them & helped to define their queer identity Pre-show music around 8pm: Juval Porat & Jose Promis *SATYRDAY NIGHT FEATURE (8:30pm-11pm): GAY NATURE, a wild pagan frolic of performances centered around gay essence in relationship to the planet, nature, and our identities. Performers will include: Travis Wood, Clint Steinhauser, Leopold Nunan, Martin Martinez, Gordon Vandenberg, David LeBarron, Andrew Henkes, The Miracle Whips, Odious and Puddles, Dan Poirier, Ian MacKinnon, Jason Jenn, and more! Followed by a may pole dance, and mixer. Screening: Rehearsal for the Destruction of Atlantis, and Pink Narcissus SUNDAY AFTERNOON (12-6pm): SEXY CINCO DE MAYO - We start off around noon with some Kundalini yoga, stretching and blissing out your sinful regions, followed by an indulgence of sublime and sexy Sufi Poetry around 1:30 and other scintillating spiritual practices to sprite up your Sunday. Then create your own erotic awakening at 3pm in a Get More Gay Workshop designed to create some deliciously juicy performances. We’ll have a glitter make-up station to color your palette and party down while participating in sharing of our Secret Gifts and Talents Show open mic around 5pm , climaxing in the final festive May Pole dance. Sunday’s suggested donation is $10-$15 or pay whatever you can. All Sunday proceeds go to The Lavender Effect, a not for profit The Lavender Effect (www.thelavendereffect.org), a nonprofit Foundation committed to creating a state-of-the-art LGBTQ Museum and Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Additionally there will be a silent art auction benefiting The Lavender Effect all weekend long. Advance tickets available at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/367499 $20 Friday or Satyrday Night Feature programs $35 pass for both Night Features $50 VIP Passes with reserved seats all weekend Pay What You Can Saturday & Sunday Afternoon All weekend long we’ll also have a "The Legacy Garden Shrine" including a "Glitter & Be Gay Make-Up Mirror Altar", where you can apply fabulous colors and sparkle to your face and body to express your inner spirit and join the other shimmering characters. May Day is also associated with the gifting of baskets of flowers - in line with this we invite all people to come and blossom creatively and leave with a bouquet of inspiration.