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DP TV this week! 11/7 Sat at 7:30pm (EDT) Crossing Boundaries First Premiered on May 26 2020 on Youtube... Curated by Marcia Monroe Featuring Elise Knudson & Adrian Montufar, Regina Nejman, Lindon Shimizu, Sarah Magalhaes & Marila Velloso New dance by choreographers who cross cultural, geographic & disciplinary boundaries in the age of Covid-19. DP TV is free to watch, and our artists are compensated. Donations help support the community during this precarious time & ensure DP emerges from this crisis continuing to bring together visionary artists & adventurous audiences. We’re so grateful for your gifts! Tickets link in bio!

Hope everyone voted today to make your voices heard! Whatever the election outcome, artists inspire change and Dixon Place will still be here as a home for new visions and voices. If you're feeling anxious about the election, don’t go it alone! Experience TOLERANCE, an ongoing social/political series about the desensitization of news in social media. prepares you for the last 2020 Presidential debate. Grab a drink & join in by reading tweets from your favorite news source...s. What's your Tolerance? 11/3 Tues at 7:00pm (EDT) Tolerance: Election Day Edition Instagram Live Leading the tweeting Erika Boudreau-Barbee, Gierre Godley, and Joseph Harris Live-streaming on @erikabb_art insta account!

Raising Cain Campaign mini-auction is live! Something for (almost) everyone -- theatergoers, foodies, body worshippers, collectors, and pet lovers... The holidays are coming! Check out all auction items in our link in bio we really appreciate all your support!

Celebrate DP Founder Ellie and friend Jim Turner’s birthday & Support Dp during this difficult time! A Very Merry Unbirthday To Us The Raising Cain Campaign Wrap Party... Field Marshalled by the Birthday Kids Jim Turner & Ellie Covan Friday, October 30, 2020 at 8:00pm EDT Virtual Live Join Ellie and Jim for a hair-raising virtual mutual birthday Raising Cain wrap party. This one time special event includes a special edition Bingo competition and special surprise guest, Deb Margolin, who, with Jim, will perform a special teaser from their special show Switcheroo -- they perform each other’s solo characters... very special. And, of course the raffle stops here! Winning tickets WILL be drawn! Have your cake and eat it too, but it’s up to you to bring it, too. BYOB, BYOC, BYOW, BYOFB, BYONS, BYO?.... If you can't make it, we're eternally grateful for your kind donations! Thank you

A Very Merry Unbirthday To Us The Raising Cain Campaign Wrap Party Field Marshalled by Jim Turner & Ellie Covan, the Birthday Kids!... Friday, October 30, 2020 at 8:00pm EDT Virtual Live Join Ellie and Jim for a hair-raising virtual mutual birthday Raising Cain wrap party. This one time special event includes a special edition Bingo competition and special surprise guest, Deb Margolin, who, with Jim, will perform a special teaser from their show Switcheroo -- they perform each other’s solo characters, in costume... special. And, of course the raffle stops here! Winning tickets WILL be drawn! Have your cake and eat it too, but it’s up to you to bring it, too. BYOB, BYOC, BYOW, BYOFB, BYONS, BYO?.... https://sites.google.com/dixonplace.//all-events/birthday Thank you all for your support during our Raising Cain Camapign!

Raising Cain Campaign X CovidSex Encounters Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 7:30pm (Virtual Live) Hosted by Christen Clifford & Tom Cole... Featuring Maxe Crandall, Jack Ferver, Elizabeth Koke, Megan Milks, Daniel Sanchez Torres, and Sur Rodney (Sur) @tomdanielcole @cd_clifford An evening of stories and performance about finessing sex during the pandemic. Live from boudoirs around the city, titillating with masked restroom jerks and spit play, Dixon Place serves you right! From memoir to quarantine fantasies and maybe even burlesque, CovidSex promises a stimulating, educational, inspiring evening! Link in Bio Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 7:30pm (Virtual Live)

Raising Cain Campaign x Wayward Cooking Show!! Please join our virtual donor dinner WAYWARD, A COOKING SHOW (The virtual Donor Dinner!)... Starring Richard Bach & Michael Howett (DP’s Donor Dinner chefs!) Monday, October 26 at 7:30pm Virtual Live! The extraordinary creators of the infamous Marion’s Restaurant and DP’s annual Donor Dinner Howett and Bach steer and steward you through a special recipe with their inimitable style, charm, and zany irreverence. Cook along with them or just watch and enjoy their brassy banter, scandalous stories about Marion’s, DP, and each other. Linda Mancini and other special surprise guests will be dropping by! Your comments and questions are encouraged -- nothing is too salacious and everything is delicious! Don’t miss this unprecedented and incomparable event that you’ll savor (almost) as much as the Donor Dinner! Tickets & link in bio

Raising Cain Campaign WALKING TOUR with @pwpny Peculiar Works Project! Featuring performances by: A Certain Something (Gabriel Stelian-Shanks, Catalin Stelian-Shanks, Cherrye Davis, Nilan Johnson), Artichoke Dance, Nathaniel Claridad & Jack Utrata, Concrete Temple Theatre, Spencer Katzman, James Scruggs, R Sikoryak, and Woodhead Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 1PM, 2PM & 3PM (Outdoors, on the streets of the Lower East Side)... Physically distant, artistically intimate... In Unprecedented, the artists of Peculiar Works Project -- long-time Dixon Place champions! -- will lead small audience pods on a Lower East Side adventure, with surprises waiting around every corner. This performance journey to the streets and sites that DP has called home for 35 years will feature LIVE performance art, theater, music, dance, spoken word, and painting. No Zoom, a bit of sanitizer, and a lot of NYC attitude. Join us!

Get ready for our next outdoor LIVE dance event Paved Paradise, part of our Raising Cain Campaign Featuring: Armada Dance, Awaken Dance Theater & Dance Atlantic, IndoRican Multicultural Dance Project, kamrDANCE, ... Sheep Meadow Dance Theatre and The Redef Movement! Saturday, October 24 at 2pm & 3:30pm Live outdoors! Have you been longing to see real live in-person dance performances? In a parking lot? We have, and we promise you’ll be enthralled by six remarkable dance companies in a safe, socially distanced outdoor space on Manhattan’s lower east side. You’ll experience awesome contemporary ballet, hip hop, tap dance, contemporary South Asian and modern dance styles on a real stage! Although dancers may be masked, extraordinary talent will be revealed on this very special fall afternoon. (If it’s chilly, we’ll serve hot chocolate!) We hope you’ll join us!! Curated by @creativeperformances Ticket link in bio

Raising Cain Campaign- make politics fun again! TOLERANCE 2020 Presidential Debate Edition... Leading the tweeting: Erika Boudreau-Barbee, Gierre Godley, and Joseph Harris Thursday, October 22 7:45pm (Date subject to change, and y’all know why!) Virtual Live Feeling awash in the pre-election, headache-inducing media nightmare? Don’t go it alone! Experience TOLERANCE, an ongoing social/political series about the desensitization of news in social media, prepares you for the last 2020 Presidential debate. We drink beer and recite political tweets, remaining as politically neutral as possible. Grab a drink and join us by reading tweets from your favorite news sources. What's your Tolerance?

Raising Cain Campaign DP fundraiser officially kicked off with our outdoor Opening Act yesterday! Did you get a chance to join us? If not, don’t worry! We still have 10 incredible events (both outdoor & virtual!) & the best online auction ever for you! Next Wednesday we bring you - Boy Bar... Presented by Candied Camera Wednesday, October 21 at 7:30pm (Virtual Live) Hosted by Nora Burns & Connie Girl Wednesday, October 21 at 7:30pm (Virtual Live) @noraburnsnyc Nora Burns Taking a page from her early 90’s Gay Cable Network show on Public Access and her storytelling series New York Stories at Stonewall Inn, Nora Burns presents a ‘live documentary’ about the brilliant East Village drag club, Boy Bar, co-hosted with the iconic performer Connie Girl, one of the original ‘boy bar beauties’. Legendary DJ Johnny Dynell will spin and superstar Kevin Aviance will perform live. The evening will feature reminiscences from several Boy Bar legends, as well as backstage betties, faithful fans and snippets of classic performances. Join us for an evening of scandalous stories, high-heeled high-jinx, make-up-filled memories, video montages and vintage porn. Link in bio

Raising Cain Campaign dance event! StylePointe Retrospective A Virtual Tribute... Hosted by Sangeeta Yesley & Michael Griffiths @michaelgriffix @creativeperformances Tuesday, October 20, 7:30pm Virtual with Live Talkback Since we couldn’t be together for the Dixon Place and Creative Performance annual extravaganza during fashion week, this exclusive event celebrates the gifted dancemakers and designers who have brought so much beauty, innovation, and glamour to the StylePointe runway. StylePointe Retrospective is an inspiring video compilation with short excerpts of dance vignettes presented in the 5 years of showcases. Join us for a tribute to this extraordinary collaborative work! StylePointe fashion show explores the relationship between fashion and dance. Every year during New York’s Fashion Week, designers and choreographers collaborate to create dance vignettes inspired by the stories behind the designers’ collections. Link in bio

Raining Cain Campaign event 3 SEXY CLINICO Starring Carmelita Tropicana & Marga Gomez @themargagomez ... Monday, October 19 at 7:30pm EDT (Virtual Live) Has your libido been sheltering in place? Do dirty thoughts make you wash your hands? Do you start to sext and can’t remember why? Do you need love insurance? Cum to Sexy Clinico starring Doctor Carmelita Tropicana and Nurse Marga Gomez. Intimate questions will be answered confidentially on Zoom by Doctor Carmelita and Nurse Marga. They will also share their private research, graphic techniques, and easy spells to make you sexy again in under 50 minutes. No dress code, but there will be an audience prize for sexiest pajamas/negligee. #raisingcaincampaign #dpfunraiser Link in bio