All Tomorrow's Parties - March 27 - April 2, 2006

Monday, March 27, 7:00 p.m.
John Weir, the author of one of the first novels to deal with the AIDS crisis will read from his most recent book, What I Did Wrong.
Half King 505 West 23rd St., NY NY

Tuesday, March 28, 6:30 p.m.
The Algonquin Hotel (the other literary hotel) is the location for the book release party for the new edition of The Portable Dorothy Parker. Editor Marion Meade will be the special guest. A full cocktail bar will be in place. RSVP to attend. Sponsored by the Dorothy Parker Society.
The Algonquin Hotel, 2nd floor, 55 East 44th St., NY NY

Tuesday, March 28, 10:30 p.m.
Susanne Bartsch, Kenny Kenny & Dita Von Teese invite you to celebrate the release of BURLESQUE & THE ART OF THE TEESE. Book signing throughout the night and show by Dita Von Teese.  Hosts: Sophia Lamar, Kim Aviance, Miranda Moondust, Andrea, and Amanda Lepore.
14 East 27 St., NY NY

Thursday, March 30
Only a couple of days left to catch Fluxus: To George With Love, From the Personal Collection of Jonas Mekas.  The exhibition has been curated from the personal collection of Jonas Mekas, avant-garde filmmaker and writer, founder and artistic director of Anthology Film Archives. Maya Stendhal Gallery, 545 W. 20th St. NY NY

Friday, March 31, 6 pm (doors open at 5:45)
Media artists Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong will screen and discuss selections from their cable-TV show, Nightclubbing, which aired from 1975 to 1980. Greatest Hits includes performances by Downtown icons Blondie, Talking Heads, the Heartbreakers with Richard Hell, ( Hell recently shared this tidbit with the blog: "You know, I never lived at the Chelsea, though my grandfather did, believe it or not, in the fifties and/or sixties--he was my father's mother and was named Lester Hodgson, but I've visited people there of course, and even recorded a poetry reading there that came out as a deluxe limited edition book/cd in the early '90s.) the Dead Boys, the Lounge Lizards, the Dead Kennedys, the Stillettos with Tish and Snooky, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, DNA, Iggy Pop, the Cramps, and John Cale, among many others, videotaped on location in such renowned venues as the Mudd Club, CBGB's, Hurraha's, and Danceteria. Followed by a conversation with Amos Poe, pioneering No Wave filmmaker.
Cantor Film Center, 36 East Eighth Street, Room 200

Saturday, April 1, 8:00 p.m.
Belatedly celebrate the novelist Nelson Algren's birthday (March 28) by seeing 'TRANSATLANTIC LIAISON',  a new play about Simone de Beauvoir concentrating on her affair with Nelson Algren.  The play uses details from her published letters and the novel "The Mandarins."  Algren is credited with having said "Never eat at a place called Mom's, never play cards with a guy named Doc, and never go to bed with anyone who has more troubles than you."  According to the Chelsea Hotel's official website, both Algren and de Beauvoir have spent time here at the Chelsea.
Harold Clurman Theater on Theater Row, 412 West 42nd Street, NY NY

Sunday, April 2, 8:00 p.m.
The world pemiere of Barfly Redux, Tsaurah Litzky's play concerning the life and loves of Charles Bukowksi.  Bukowski, we know, wrote about his stay at the Chelsea.
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, NYC

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