The Search Is Over - This Year's New Performers at Night of 1000 Stevies

Our annual search for new performers and collaborators for this year's epic NIGHT OF 1000 STEVIES is over - we've just closed the bill with 25 performance segments and a whopping seven new performers and acts. Here are the details, and more info and tickets is always available at the NOTS WEBSITE

The bill for this year's show is now closed, with twenty-five show segments featuring both the timeless stars and new discoveries that make "The Night" so special. Returning Legends of Stevie Realness include NYC Dragstars (and Project Runway supermodels) SHERRY VINE and SWEETIE, perennial NOTS divas THE HO-HOs (CATHY CERVENKA and JILL PANGALLO), AMBER GARBO (Las Vegas), GYPSY WILDE, NOTS 19 cover girl JAZMEN FLOWERS (Mississippi), BILLY O, MISS GUY and GOON SQUAD, CHARLENE CORAN (Colorado), HEATHER LITTEER (aka JESSICA RABBIT DOMINATION), LIZZIE DAVIS (Texas), THE DIVINE GRACE, THE PIXIE HARLOTS, TIFFANEY (of MIRROR IN THE SKY), AMBER RAY, DARLINDA JUST DARLINDA, MISS KELLY WEBB and ADAM JOSEPH. Show producers CHI CHI VALENTI and HATTIE HATHAWAY will again serve as "Enchantresses of Ceremony" and all-Stevie/Fleetwood DJs CRAIG SPENCER, SAMMY JO and POISON EVE will keep the dancefloor Hopelessly Enchanted between show sets.

The producers are delighted to announce this year's new performers and participants, beginning with NYC Ballet icon and teacher JOCK SOTO, who will choreograph the show's opening number. The other 2009 debuts at SONGS OF RHIANNON are theater artist TAYLOR MAC, aerialist BELLA LUNA, dance music diva MYNDY K, singer-songwriter COREY TUT with PATTY BRUCE, darkwave princess LADY ZOMBIE, underground crooner ADAM DUGAS with harpist MIA THEODORATUS and Drag King BILLY MOTION as LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM. NOTS 19 also welcomes WARNER BROTHERS RECORDS, who are donating souvenirs from the new STEVIE NICKS "LIVE IN CHICAGO" DVD and "THE SOUNDSTAGE SESSIONS" CD - both due out on March 31.

Photo of THE HO-HOs from NOTS 18 by NANCY ISLA

Night of 1000 Stevies 2009, The Enchanted Artwork

NIGHT OF 1000 STEVIES, New York City's legendary STEVIE NICKS homage, returns for its nineteenth annual edition on May 1 at THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM. NOTS 19: SONGS OF RHIANNON will be a May Day marathon of twirling and enchantment, produced by the JACKIE FACTORY NYC. This year's theme - and the centerpiece of the show - are the ten "SONGS OF RHIANNON" penned by STEVIE NICKS in her BUCKINGHAM NICKS days. Some are well loved and well known, like RHIANNON, PLANETS OF THE UNIVERSE, ANGEL and SORCERER, others are only demos. In stage decor, visuals and costuming, NOTS 19 pays homage to the Celtic white witch RHIANNON - fitting for a date that is both MAY DAY and BELTANE.

The ever-growing bill features many of the unique and timeless stars that make "The Night" so special, and the search is now on for this year's new discoveries, to be announced in early March. Returning Legends of Stevie Realness include NYC Dragstars (and Project Runway supermodels) SHERRY VINE and SWEETIE, perennial NOTS divas THE HO-HOs (CATHY CERVENKA and JILL PANGALLO), AMBER GARBO (Las Vegas), GYPSY WILDE, NOTS 19 cover girl JAZMEN FLOWERS (Mississippi), BILLY O, CHARLENE CORAN (Colorado), HEATHER LITTEER (aka JESSICA RABBIT DOMINATION), LIZZIE DAVIS (Texas), THE DIVINE GRACE, PREL (of Georgia's BLUE LAMP events), AMBER RAY with THE HOUSE OF DOMINATION, TIFFANEY (of MIRROR IN THE SKY), and singer/songwriter ADAM JOSEPH. Show producers CHI CHI VALENTI and HATTIE HATHAWAY will serve as "Enchantresses of Ceremony" and all-Stevie/Fleetwood DJs CRAIG SPENCER, SAMMY JO and POISON EVE will keep the dancefloor Hopelessly Enchanted between show sets.

Suggested Dress: Rhiannon Realness, Important Celtic Jewelry, Black Roses, Wizard Sleeves, Enchanted Eveningwear, May Day Maiden, Lindsey Or John McVie Warlock Effects, Birds of Rhiannon wings and feathers, Best Pre-Raphaelite Hair In Rock and Roll, Thistle Accents, Sorcerer Capes and Cloaks, Bedazzled and Beribboned Tambourines or Welsh Witch (Dark Ages to Darkwave)

NIGHT OF A THOUSAND STEVIES is the biggest and best-loved STEVIE NICKS fan event in the world, one of those great New York City spectacles that sparks travel from all around the globe. Born in 1990 at the tiny performance venue MOTHER, "The Night" has run for eighteen years, even inspiring the 2001 film GYPSY 83. Neither a contest nor a karaoke show, NOTS is the Stevie celebration ne plus ultra - a riot of shawls, lace, baby's breath, twirling, tambourines and great performance. As always, the night will climax with the heart-stopping BATTLE OF A THOUSAND STEVIES, as all the show's performers and longtime fans take the stage for a final dose of "Total Stevie Realness".

Image: NOTS 19 SONGS OF RHIANNON invitation artwork by THE JACKIE FACTORY, featuring JAZMEN FLOWERS, photo by ALISHA BYNUM. For higher-res version visit the JACKIE FACTORY FLICKR set

NIGHT OF A THOUSAND STEVIES 19:
SONGS OF RHIANNON
FRIDAY MAY 1, 2009
THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM
431 WEST 16TH STREET NYC
DOORS OPEN 9 PM - 4 AM
$25 (ADVANCE TICKETS STRONGLY SUGGESTED)
18 AND OVER, 21 TO DRINK
EVENT WEBSITE
ADVANCE TICKETS

Hold On, NIGHT OF 1000 STEVIES 2009 is Coming May 1

In The Bleak Midwinter, its so nice to hear a first sign of Spring - our legendary STEVIE NICKS tribute NIGHT OF 1000 STEVIES is coming on May 1, 2009. We'll be posting soon with lots more on this year's performers, theme, dress code and more, but meanwhile here's the first whiff:

THE JACKIE FACTORY NYC PRESENTS
NIGHT OF A THOUSAND STEVIES 19:"SONGS OF RHIANNON"
FRIDAY MAY 1, 2009
THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM
431 WEST 16TH STREET NYC
DOORS OPEN 9 PM - 4 AM
$25 ADMISSION, 18 AND OVER
mothernyc.com/stevie

Greetings from downtown New York City to all of our friends and club family, and all who have joined us since last year's NIGHT OF 1000 STEVIES. We hope you are warm and enjoying this brand new year, with all its hope and challenges. We are overjoyed to announce the date and theme for the 2009 NIGHT OF 1000 STEVIES 19. After so much positive feedback about last year's new venue - THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM - we are happy to be returning there this year. NOTS 19: SONGS OF RHIANNON will be held on Friday, May 1, and tickets will go on sale on February 1.

This year's theme - and the centerpiece of the show - are the ten "SONGS OF RHIANNON" penned by STEVIE NICKS in her BUCKINGHAM NICKS days. Some are well loved and well known, like RHIANNON, PLANETS OF THE UNIVERSE, ANGEL and SORCERER, others are only demos. In stage decor, visuals and costuming, we'll pay homage to the Celtic white witch RHIANNON - fitting for a date that is both MAY DAY and BELTANE.

Our next announcement will have lots more details, including first confirmed performers, more about the theme, and box office information. We wanted to get the date out this weekend so you can begin to make plans, and will be back in touch when the box office opens.

Night of a Thousand Stevies is probably the best-known STEVIE NICKS fan event in the world, a riot of shawls, lace, baby's breath, twirling, tambourines and great performance. This event began at JACKIE 60 nineteen years ago with four performers, and has grown into a true spectacle, featuring countless interpretations over a marathon night. As always, this Enchanted evening will climax in a twirl of shawls and tambourines with the Battle of a Thousand Stevies near morning.

BOX OFFICE AND TICKETS

Advance tickets $20 February 1-15 (a thank-you to our longtime attendees)
$25 after February 15 and at the door if available.
Box Office opens February 1 on the HIGHLINE BALLROOM site


Photo by Mr. Wilson, the famous TAMBOURINE TOSS at NOTS 18

Rebuilding the Hacienda - Click + Drag Reboots with v.3.0

We've been working on this for months already, its a joy to finally announce it!

REMEMBER THE FUTURE?
CLICK + DRAG REBOOTS 11/15

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2008
ROB ROTH, CHI CHI VALENTI and XRIS SMACK! UNVEIL
CLICK + DRAG 3:0
"THE HALLUCINOGENIC TOREADOR"
SANTOS' PARTY HOUSE
100 LAFAYETTE STREET NYC
9 PM-4 AM
clicknyc.com
myspace.com/click_drag_nyc


The pioneering "Cyber/Fetish/Gender-Hacking" party CLICK + DRAG, which ushered out the 20th Century in style, returns as a new large-scale annual this Fall. Two of Click's founding producers - director and visual artist ROB ROTH and impresario CHI CHI VALENTI - join with XRIS SMACK! of the long-running SMACK FETISH parties to shape this latest incarnation. The first of their cyber-spectacles, CLICK + DRAG 3.0: THE HALLUCINOGENIC TOREADOR, will be unveiled on November 15 at sympatico venue SANTOS' PARTY HOUSE.

CLICK + DRAG began as the Saturday-night weekly at Valenti's experimental MOTHER nightclub in 1996 and ran for four years in over two hundred themed editions. The new hybrid built on a body of work called INTERJACKIE, evolved by Roth, Valenti and costume/fashion designer KITTY BOOTS at JACKIE 60, beginning in 1994. With the addition of sex journalist ABBY EHMANN, the four producers explored the interface between nightclubs and computers as CLICK + DRAG built a fanatic following. With their rigorously enforced "STRICT CYBER/FETISH DRESS CODE" the producers ensured that only participants were allowed in. The creative collaboration introduced some pioneering aspects to the Nightworld, including Roth's notorious "Bathroom Cam", and also gave birth to THE MOTHERBOARDS NYC, a nocturnal online community.

When MOTHER closed in 2000 due to spiralling costs in its Meat Market neighborhood, Roth, Boots and Ehmann launched CLICK + DRAG 2.0, a monthly edition at FUN. In its new larger format, CLICK + DRAG was thriving until the events of 9/11 shut down Chinatown for many months. Since the last edition of Click 2.0 that Fall, one of the city's most seminal and creative parties disappeared for seven years - though its many tribes stayed connected online.

CLICK + DRAG 3.0 introduces an even larger format on two floors, preserving the night's strict dress code and pansexual mix of fetishists, artists, gender-hackers and "Glam Nerds." This rebooted evening was inspired by the Dali painting "THE HALLUCINOGENIC TOREADOR", cyber-shamanism, the writings of TERENCE MCKENNA, and the new tribalism that brings Click's audience and performers together both online and at large gatherings worldwide.

The event's two floors will feature multimedia works directed by Roth and installations and performances by many collaborators from the two previous iterations. These include 1.0 producer and Burning Man eminence ABBY EHMANN as the "KINK CONTROLLER", DJs JOHANNA CONSTANTINE and SAMMY JO, Minneapolis-based Trans-Star VENUS DE MARS with her band ALL THE PRETTY HORSES and "Method Go-Go" icon FALON. 21st century additions include sensationalist AMBER RAY, glitter-dusted cabaret troupe THE PIXIE HARLOTS, and DJs JOHNNY DYNELL, the "FAERIE DJ POSSE" MALAKAI and ANGELO (San Francisco) and XRIS_SMACK! The bill, dress code and theme is still evolving - look for full information and box office by mid-October.

$20 ADVANCE, $25 AT DOOR
A STRICT DRESS CODE WILL BE COMPLETELY ENFORCED
TICKETS ON SALE OCTOBER 10
21 AND OVER

Publicity and Press:
THE JACKIE FACTORY NYC
events@jackiefactory.com
212 929-6060

RELATED LINKS

Click + Drag Facebook Group
Click + Drag MySpace
Rob Roth rob-roth.com
Chi Chi Valenti mothernyc.com/empress
Xris and Smack-Fetish smack-fetish.com
The Motherboards NYC motherboardsnyc.com

LOW LIFE CITY @ HOWL is Beyond Booked!

The bill for this year's HOWLUCINATION '08; LOW LIFE CITY is now closed - and brimming with talent - from East Village icons Joey Arias and Voltaire to enormously talented New Kids like Adam Joseph and Fauxnique. We just can't believe all these New York City icons and art starlets will converge on one stage in the park for a FREE SHOW..there's life in the old town yet!

HOWL! FESTIVAL AND THE JACKIE FACTORY PRESENT
HOWLUCINATION '08:"LOW LIFE CITY"
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7
5-7 PM, FREE ADMISSION
TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK, NYC
mothernyc.com/lowlife
howlfestival.com

CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF BRILLIANT BOWERY PERFORMANCE

On September 7, JACKIE FACTORY producers CHI CHI VALENTI and JOHNNY DYNELL will present their second annual HOWLUCINATION to crown this year's HOWL! FESTIVAL. HOWLUCINATION is a new spectacle created by the JACKIE FACTORY each year as an evening event for HOWL!. The new LOW LIFE CITY follows on the heels of their first HOWLUCINATION at HOWL! - last year's scandalous LOW LIFE.

LOW LIFE CITY is a two hour theatrical showcasing the East Village - and especially, The Bowery, in a lavishly costumed production starring dozens of downtown's finest. A time-travelling, bawdy and witty cavalcade of talent, this show is not recommended for children!

This year's superb cast is now complete - MCs PAUL ALEXANDER (of "The Ones") and HATTIE HATHAWAY, icon JOEY ARIAS with master puppeteer BASIL TWIST, burlesque supernovas DIRTY MARTINI, MISS DELIRIUM TREMENS and JONNY PORKPIE and NASTY CANASTA of PINCHBOTTOM BURLESQUE, GOON SQUAD featuring MISS GUY, drag divinity SWEETIE, butoh ensemble VANGELINE THEATER, WORLD FAMOUS *BOB*, LOGO song star ADAM JOSEPH as The Irish Tenor, slapstick duo DUELLING BANKHEADS, sister act ACID BETTY and EPIPHANY, sensationalist AMBER RAY, Bay Area artiste FAUXNIQUE, BLACKLIPS eminence POISON EVE, members of THE PIXIE HARLOTS, and New Bowery treasures TRINA ROSE, HEATHER LITTEER aka JESSICA RABBIT DOMINATION and TIGGER!

For pictures from last years edition visit LOW LIFE @ HOWL 2007 on FLICKR


HOWLUCINATION '08: LOW LIFE CITY was inspired by the seminal LUC SANTE book "LOW LIFE: The Lures and Snares of Old New York." It continues a body of work born at JACKIE 60 a decade ago, with past editions in London, Minneapolis and of course, last year's HOWL! For the show's producers, East Village residents for over two decades, this annual show is a Valentine to the neighborhood's past, present and future stars.

Dress Up and join us in the park! Wear NYC demimonde evening glamour (1860-2010), Gangs of New York, Victorian/Edwardian rags, newsboy caps, B'hoy for Butch Women, corsets and vintage lingerie, Bowery Belle ringlets, Opium Den loungewear, Vampyre of Gotham, black parasols, Bowery Twink, velvet, 19th century Clownwear, Top Hats or Bowery Punk.

THE HOWL! FESTIVAL was named in honor of the groundbreaking poem by ALLEN GINSBERG and began in 2002. HOWL celebrates the East Village and Lower East Side's role as a preeminent locus of culture, with signature events like the group reading of HOWL and ART AROUND THE PARK. Centered in Tompkins Square Park, the festival attracts more than 100,000 visitors bringing to the clubs, galleries, parks, streets, and theaters of Manhattan's Lower East Side.

Photo of ACID BETTY and Company at last year's LOW LIFE @ HOWL by Mark Tusk.

San Francisco, Mon Amour

If San Francisco didn't exist, we would have to invent her! It is always such a pleasure to present creative work in this beautiful town, especially when it involves her talented denizens. The fifth edition of TINGEL TANGEL SF on July 30 was such a beautiful evening, with a crowd the rival of ANY great night out in NYC. Between our performers BASIL TWIST, ANNA CONDA, KELLITA, Queen of SF Carnival, MALAKAI and SPARKLY devil and their various entourages, the room was already beautiful before the audience arrived! And the audience was heaven..

We've just posted pictures to our FLICKER SITE and there are pictures and reports galore at the TINGEL TANGEL SF topic on THE MOTHERBOARDS NYC. Right now, we plan to return for the November edition on Thanksgiving Eve, but lucky Bay Area folks can visit every last Wednesday of the month! For details, visit the TINGEL TANGEL website.

HOWLUCINATION '08: LOW LIFE CITY crowns this year's HOWL!

HOWL! FESTIVAL AND THE JACKIE FACTORY PRESENT
HOWLUCINATION '08:"LOW LIFE CITY"
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2008
5-7 PM, FREE ADMISSION
TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK, NYC
howlfestival.com
mothernyc.com/lowlife

CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF BRILLIANT BOWERY PERFORMANCE

On September 7, JACKIE FACTORY producers CHI CHI VALENTI and JOHNNY DYNELL will present their second annual HOWLUCINATION to crown this year's HOWL! FESTIVAL. HOWLUCINATION is a new spectacle created by the JACKIE FACTORY each year as an evening event for the HOWL! FESTIVAL. The new two hour LOW LIFE CITY follows on the heels of their first HOWLUCINATION at HOWL! - last year's scandalous LOW LIFE.

Like last year's debut HOWLUCINATION, this year's LOW LIFE CITY is a two hour theatrical showcasing the East Village - and especially, The Bowery, in a lavishly costumed production starring dozens of downtown's finest. A time-travelling, bawdy and witty cavalcade of talent, this show is not recommended for children!

This year's superb cast includes MCs PAUL ALEXANDER (of "The Ones") and HATTIE HATHAWAY, JOEY ARIAS and master puppeteer BASIL TWIST (currently starring in "Arias With A Twist" at HERE), Burlesque supernovas DIRTY MARTINI, MISS DELIRIUM TREMENS and JONNY PORKPIE and NASTY CANASTA of PINCHBOTTOM BURLESQUE, drag divinity SWEETIE, butoh ensemble VANGELINE THEATER, drag comediennes DUELLING BANKHEADS, icon WORLD FAMOUS *BOB*, sensationalist AMBER RAY, LOGO song star ADAM JOSEPH as The Irish Tenor, neue-cabaret troupe THE PIXIE HARLOTS and thesbians HEATHER LITTEER and TIGGER.(Bill is still in formation through mid August.)

HOWLUCINATION '08: LOW LIFE CITY was inspired by the seminal LUC SANTE book "LOW LIFE: The Lures and Snares of Old New York." It continues a body of work born at JACKIE 60 a decade ago, with past editions in London, Minneapolis and of course, last year's HOWL! For the show's producers, East Village residents for over two decades, this annual show is a Valentine to the neighborhood's past, present and future stars.

Dress Up and join us in the park! Wear NYC demimonde evening glamour (1860-2010), Gangs of New York, Victorian/Edwardian rags, newsboy caps, B'hoy for Butch Women, corsets and vintage lingerie, Bowery Belle ringlets, Opium Den loungewear, Vampyre of Gotham, black parasols, Bowery Twink, velvet, 19th century Clownwear, Top Hats or Bowery Punk.

THE HOWL! FESTIVAL was named in honor of the groundbreaking poem by ALLEN GINSBERG and began in 2002. HOWL celebrates the East Village and Lower East Side's role as a preeminent locus of culture, with signature events like the group reading of HOWL and ART AROUND THE PARK. Centered in Tompkins Square Park, the festival attracts more than 100,000 visitors bringing to the clubs, galleries, parks, streets, and theaters of Manhattan's Lower East Side.

More on last year's edition at the LOW LIFE '07 page