This Saturday, May 27th
You are invited to New Lost City : The Hard Kiss of Spring

@ 69 West 14th St.
on the corner of 14th St. & 6th Ave.
Performances start at 9pm and continue past sunrise
Details: http://www.newlostcity.com

This Saturday you are invited to a night of indelicate diversions to celebrate the thinning of clothes with the coming of spring. This party is one night of refuge for you, the dreamer, who desires a city as wild as it used to be. Discover the promise of New York City in the warm season: the shiver of discovery, the heat of the moment, the short breaths at sunrise as you pull in close and taste the Hard Kiss of Spring.

In the New Lost City our myth is this moment…

This event will take place at the three conjoined lofts at 14th St. and 6th Avenue - a massive space of large rooms and cozy nooks made more expansive by new areas of art and intoxicants that haven’t been seen before. Due to the raising of rents, this will probably be the last event hosted at this space. Enjoy it while you can.

In the room of Roses:
Inflatable sculpture by TheEye presides over soul-shaking sets starting at 9pm with Akim Funk Buddha and Magbana combining West African drumming with Brooklyn hip-hop and body balancing in a four-course music explosion followed by the infamous Hungry March Band fulfilling your fantasy of liquor fueled march band mischief.

After midnight your dj fix is met with new sounds from dj Ayo of Multikulti spinning world beat; the breakbeat genius Wavewhore of Broke Recordings/Electrofly Records/BreaksFM, and deep breaks from Devo vs. Bianca of 3L3tronic.com, with a sunrise trance set from The Eye of Disorient.

In the room of Roots:
Special elixirs and eclectic mixes meet for a spring ritual featuring dj’s $mall Change and Shakey bringing their famous music collections with spontaneous collaborations by Moldover and deep house grooves by the Amazing Jordan. Sebastian Patane Masuelli of the American Watercolor Movement provides the visual backdrop with audio-kinetic video projections on dual screens.

In the New Lost City everything comes easy…

For everyone who has been to an event at this space, you have seen nothing yet. Several new rooms have been cleared out for more intimate acts and indelicate surprise, including the Wanderlust chocolate lounge with hookas and edibles from Miko and Lauren; the secret sedition lounge where Debonair serves green tea infused vodka’s and lychee saketini along with massage and aroma therapy in the living art piece Perspectives by Selena. Discover our other hidden spaces featuring body painting by Digerati, Zen Tarot by Arwen, photography by Kris Graves and acts of spring/fling by Action/Direction.

In the New Lost City the night is endless…

On the wide-open rooftop the Huckleberry Project offers liquor mixed with ice-cream combining our favorite intoxicants to produce the most fun you can have with a spoon. Choose from a half dozen flavors (imagine chocolate gelato mixed with Bailey’s Irish Cream). Along with sculptured wood-work by Thomas Beale and live accordion + vocals from Shawn Neutrino and Theodore Love.

Where:
Nestled throughout three expansive loft spaces (and rooftop) at:
69 West 14th St. on the 3rd and 4th floors.
at the Northeast corner of 14th St. & 6th Ave.

$9: Advanced tickets available at: http://www.newlostcity.com
(tickets are limited, buy early)

$15: with RSVP at: http://www.newlostcity.com/rsvp.html
$20: for the money burners.

This massive celebration is the long kiss good-bye to this amazing space. Come out and support, we have more performances to be added as the week progresses. On this night drink in your dreams and taste the Hard Kiss of Spring.

1| New Lost City : Hard Kiss of Spring : Call for Artists
2| Blackkat Presents : Ubik : Tonight
3| Revelocity : Saturday

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To the Constant Creators,

You are invited to participate in
New Lost City : The Hard Kiss of Spring.

Next Saturday, May 27th we will be hosting a night of indelicate diversions to celebrate the thinning of clothes with the coming of spring. In three expansive conjoined lofts we will explore carnal beats and acts of innuendo. This is the promise of warm spring nights: the shiver of discovery, the heat of the moment, the short breaths at sunrise as you pull in close and taste the Hard Kiss of Spring.

Expect: big brass bands and bawdy burlesque; touchable art and edible delicacies; small moments of hilarity; thick moments of passion; liquor and ice cream; tickled libido; the wings of angels; forgotten epiphany; hula-hoops of fire; the caress of your beauty in a city of dreamers.

The lofts at 14th St. and 6th Ave. have been cleared out, leaving a half dozen new hidden rooms and secret spaces for the anything goes. These intimate nooks are about the size of an empty bedroom and in them we want your interactive visions of this sanguine spring. We are looking for masseuses, body painters, hooka lighters, fortune tellers, peep-show makers, soufflé bakers, and other creative visions we can’t even imagine.

We are calling you to inhabit these small spaces for a night - to make them as immaculate as we are making the rest of this event. For this we will reward you with liquor, fame, and a fist full of cash to reimburse your expenses and then some. For everyone who has expressed interest in working on these events, this is your chance. If something here speaks to a voice inside you, respond to the artist call at:

http://www.newlostcity.com/creators/

For the rest of you, the full event details will be released next week. Tickets go on sale Monday for $9 (more at the door). Mark your calendar for Saturday May 27th and aim your intentions toward 14th St. and 6th Avenue in Manhattan.

[ Note: The event above is likely to be the last major party at this space, because Dick Shea, who rents the location, is being priced out. If you have any interest/cash to invest in this space, Dick would love to hear from you. Respond to this message for more information. The event above along with the two events below are three kisses goodbye to a location that has treated us well for many years. ]

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[ Note: The two events below are great parties hosted by
good people. They are not Complacent events, although we
help where we can. ]

Blackkat’s tonic for the daily daze of the unreal..

UBIK

Friday May 19th 9pm to 6am

@ Dick Shea’s 69 W. 14th Street
Corner Of 14th Street
And 6th Ave Manhattan

Three Indoor/Outdoor Floors And Many Zones Between..

In The Psionic Control:
Techno, Raga Roots, Hard House and Battery Acid by:
Lenny Dee, Heather Heart, +Liondub+, Dave Synth,
and Jason (“Joe Chip”) Bk

And Performing Live Starting At 9 Pm:
Beatboxer Entertainment
100% Vocalized Madness
Featuring Kid Lucky, Baba Israel, Yako, And Tj And Special Guests!

And : Pants Avengers
(W/ Members Of God Is My Co-Pilot)

In The Black Hole
Live electronic breaks from Hercules, Lloop, Destro
jungle and breakcore from Naked Slice, Amok
and freetek by Madaro

* * * * *
On The Lost Outpost
* * * * *

All Live Rooftop Duos And Trios Featuring:

The Woes : Mixing/Matching/Mutating

Visual Stimulants And Environments:

Peripheral Media Projects
Paul Clay Video Overload
Brainiak, Noise Toy, Regression Audio
Cairobot, Bunny with Brave New Walls
Myopic Glaucoma & Salvaged Lighting
Miss ( “Ellen Runciter” ) Elixir brings
Unstable Concoctions

And Unknown In Nyc
Record Booth By Waxworks

$10 @ Door
W/ Science Fiction -
Non Fiction Costume !!

Details:
http://www.blackkat.org

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Revelocity
This Saturday : May 20th
@ 69 West 14th St.

This Is A Benefit For The Bicycle Defense Fund:
http://ww.Bicycledefensefund.Org

This Saturday, May 20th, We Celebrate The Strange And
Stalwart, The Maligned And Mass-Ive, The The Odd And
Oft-Oppressed. We Celebrate The Bike, In All It’s Geared
And Fix-Geared Glory. We Celebrate The Community And
Culture That Evolves And Revolves Around It. We
Celebrate Revelocity

Everything From Sweet Acoustic Serenades To Folk Punk
Heroes To Folktronic Maestros To Ethno Mesh Mixologists To
Rude Brass Bands To Electro-Disco Dancers, And Everything
In Between.

Doors Open At 9:00:
On The Up-Tic Stage:
Dearest (Sweet Acoustic)
Roger Manning (Anti-Folk Punk Hero)
Team Spyder (Badass Punk)
Rude Mechanical Orchestra (Brass Band Beauties)
Dj Joro-Boro (Bulgarian Gypsy Ethno-Mesh)
Dj Dirtyfingers (Congo Dongo At The Electric Disco)
Dj Stachemaster (Outerspace Disco Italo House)

On The Down-Low Stage
Paul Brill (Folktronic)
Dr. Feelgood (Eclectic Electronica)
Subatomic Sound System (Live Dub-N-Bass Soundclash)
Dj Stefny (Funktastic House Meets Badass Breaks)
Dj Kid Magic (Funked Up Dub Remix)
Mr. Andersonic (Booty Core Power Bass)

Buy cheaper tickets in advance at:
http://Www.Revelocitynyc.Com

All Proceeds Go To The Bicycle Defense Fund:
To Support The Rights Of Critical Mass
Cyclists In New York City.

1| The Radical Spring
2| Carnival for Gardens : Saturday
3| Bicycle Film Festival : All Weekend
4| Revelocity : Radical Bike Party : Saturday May 20th

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First, thank you to everyone who came out to the Wild Wild Brooklyn closing party last Friday, the hundreds of you who celebrated through sunrise reminded us of why we need to fight for places to gather in this city. After a week of negotiations with the local authorities we were able to host the event with no interruptions and look forward to producing bigger happenings in that neighborhood in the future.

We are continuing to look for a new home base large enough to accommodate our vision - judging by your endless energy that vision may be infinitely expandable. Mark your calendars for Saturday May 27th for a night of springtime fervor mixing our most beautiful and dark intentions in the final New Lost City party to be hosted in Manhattan.

In the meantime, below are three moments of Radical Spring that restores our belief in beauty.

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Roving Carnival for Gardens
Saturday, May 13th at 2pm
Tompkins Square Park

Spiral Dancing and Drum Beating!
Feisty Cavorting and Street Transforming!
One Part Ecology, Two Parts Mardi Gras!
Rambunctious fun for all!

Come dance down the streets to celebrate community gardens and
camaraderie. We’ll visit some gardens, unleash some surprises, partake in a ritual, stand up against some slimy developers and end with an after-party and barbeque.

We all need places to play, to dream, to connect with each other and the world. For NYC, community gardens are some of those places. So are the streets. Unfortunately, all things wild—including gardens, forests and the people who defend and nurture the Earth—are under attack. Let’s revel in the places that are still untamed with people who are still untamed.

Bring drums and instruments! Dress as the garden creature of your dreams!

Special Guests:
Reverend Billy & the Stop Shopping Choir
Rude Mechanical Orchestra
100 Flowered Kazoos Collective
Radical Cheerleaders & Faerie Drummers
Jugglers, Puppets & Tap Dancers
More Gardens! Coalition
You & Your Crew

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This weekend is host to the Bicycle Film festival, four days of bike films and street activities. We like bikes, we like films and we really like the organizers of this festival because of the respect they pay to the political side of biking, especially here in New York City.

Below is a film being screened Sunday which details the struggle of Critical Mass in New York City.

Criminal Mass : Premiere
From filmmaker Christopher J Ryan
(Producer of Warriors the Bike Race & Still We Ride )

Premieres Sunday May 14th at 8:30 pm.
Anthology Film Archive ( 2nd ave & 2nd St.)

Criminal Mass takes a journey through the current state of the critical mass bike ride in New York City. A trip that sadly includes paddy wagon rides, jail stays, numerous court appearances and the loss of wages but also includes community, hope and friendship.

For full details on this film and the rest of the festival see:
www.REVELOCITYnyc.com

In a culture and a city where the car is king, there are those who choose a different, narrower, more harrowing path: The Bike Path. On Saturday, May 20th, we celebrate the strange and stalwart, the maligned and mass-ive, the odd and oft-oppressed. We celebrate the Bike, in all its geared and fixed-geared glory. We celebrate the community and culture that evolves and revolves around it. We celebrate: REVELOCITY.

Two full floors and a rooftop of revelry featuring…

LIVE BANDS ON TWO STAGES and DJS EXTRAORDINAIRE
including Paul Brill, Japanther, Roger Manning, SubAtomic Soundsystem, Team Spyder, DJ Chrome, DJ Dirtyfingers, DJ Dr. Feelgood, DJ Kid Magic, DJ Stefny, and DJ Thaddeus

BIKE-THEMED ART EXHIBITION and SILENT AUCTION
with work by Rebecca Alvarez, Thomas Beale, Big Noise Films, Black Label Bicycle Club, Mark Brewer, GlassBead Collective, Taliah Lempert, Brandon Neubauer, Peripheral Media, Jesse Pesta, Swoon, and Visual Resistance

THE INFAMOUS BIKE BLENDER
serving up obnoxiously strong cocktails under the stars

ON-THE-SPOT SILKSCREENING BY ANTIMART
customize your clothing with some visual love!

VIDEO PROJECTIONS and MUG-SHOT PHOTOBOOTH
by GlassBead Collective

COSTUMINGS
by C-Spot Designs

REVELOCITY: THE BICYCLE BALL
Saturday, May 20th | Doors 9PM
at Dick Shea’s Dance Studios
69 WEST 14TH STREET at SIXTH AVENUE

TICKETS $10 adv / $12 at the door
Proceeds benefit cyclist rights in NYC