Yet another reason for €uro and NA to visit NYC

[mousepod]

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/07/17/theater/Cab4650.jpg

From yesterday's NY Times:

...an emerging downtown trend, as cabaret acts superimpose a risqué German style onto the performance art and theater scene below 14th Street. “The Weimar aesthetic has taken over,” said Justin Bond, the torch singer who performs as the female half of Kiki & Herb, and belts the theme song for “Weimar New York,” the cabaret revue opening tonight at the Spiegeltent, near the South Street Seaport. (“Come pop your cork/Bring a dollar and a dream/It’s a mall where over all hangs a pall that enthralls/Weimar New York.”)


The whole story here (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/17/theater/17caba.html?_r=1&oref=slogin).

(You might have to register to read the whole article)

[Ponine]

That is a Wonderful photograph!
is it a press release photo?
Yeah yeah.. I know, I'm obsessing over little things. It just struck me.


Someone, go see this.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Damn, no October shows on the bill.

[€uroMeinke]

heh - I subscribe to a Weimar cabaret community in LJ and have noticed a lot of cool things happening in NYC in this vein. Of course, my true desire is not to just attend these shows, but to put some on (with dadaist smatterings a la Cabaret Voltaire).

Here's a posting from another venue (love the dress code):

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1408/761486649_d042f3bdec_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shienlee/761486649/)

We invite all modern day flappers, dandies, crazies, crooks and ne'er-do-wells to join us in dancing to the hottest tunes of the Roaring Twenties, Dirty Thirties and Flying Forties from 10pm to 4am every third Saturday of the month at the Pussycat Lounge in New York City! There will be special performances planned for each evening, which will commence at 11:00pm. Dances of Vice not only aims to promote appreciation for the music and culture of the past, but will also feature music from contemporary musicians either influenced by music of the early century, or in the avant garde spirit of the period in general.

Requested Attire: 1920-40s vintage, Avant Garde, Victorian, Edwardian, Steampunk, Decadent, etc- dress to impress! An additional entry fee will be charged for attendees in casual attire.

[Not Afraid]

New Virgin America deal:

CALIFORNIA/LAS VEGAS--JULY 19, 2007-- Virgin America, a
brand new airline with impressive amenities, is launching
flights from Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco in
August.

To celebrate, they are offering an introductory sale for all
tickets purchased through August 8:

- Los Angeles-San Francisco ... $44
- Las Vegas-San Francisco ... $44
- Los Angeles-Washington D.C. ... $129
- San Francisco-Washington D.C. ... $129
- Los Angeles-New York ... $139
- San Francisco-New York ... $139

You can fly in first class for $149 each way on short-haul
flights and $389 each way for cross-country flights.

This sale is for travel 7 days a week through November 14
(except to Las Vegas: Tue.-Thu. and Sat.). Different routes
begin on different dates. To find the lowest fares, book 7
days in advance.

[€uroMeinke]

When do you want to go? Of course then there's a question of what to wear? that might cost more than airfare...

[Prudence]

That does it - when this quarter's over I'm breaking out that Victorian riding habit pattern.

[Babette]

Missed it by this much!

[Ghoulish Delight]

And we already booked our flights (although since they don't go through Chicago, it wouldn't have done us any good)

[blueerica]

Wow, thems is some good deals on Virgin. Too bad they don't go to the boonies...

[Stan4dSteph]

I think that's a regular summer occurrence. At least I saw something about it last summer. Cool photo though. Thanks for the link, mousepod!

The Neue Galerie (http://neuegalerie.org/main.html?langkey=english) has caberet at their Cafe Sabarsky in the fall. You should check it out GD. There's an email list to join for info. Even if you don't get to the caberet, I would recommend the cafe. It's got great food and the decor is in a Viennes coffehouse style with some great deco light fixtures. Here are some pictures I took (http://flickr.com/photos/stan4dsteph/tags/cafesabarsky/).

[Ghoulish Delight]

Sweet, thanks for the tip.