Upcoming performances & events

Hi all,

I am finally recovering(ish) from my Pride/Campette overwhelm, and I wanted to share some upcoming performances and events with you...

A TALK, THIS SUNDAY

This Sunday, July 13 at 3 pm, I am so honored to be in conversation with my best friend, legally wedded wife, and longtime collaborator Brittany Newell at the San Francisco Art Book Fair! We will be chatting about sex, performance, and nightlife in relation to her stunning novel Soft Core, which came out in February. The talk is free and will take place in the Minnesota Street Project Lounge at 1275 Minnesota Street.

Many thanks to the good folks at Slash for inviting us to have this conversation, and to the SFABF for hosting!

A NEW SHOW, IN SEPTEMBER

And, later this year, I will be debuting a new collaboration called On the Floor at CounterPulse the first two weekends of September! There will be four shows, all on a double bill with the fabulous Rose and Zoey Huey: Thursday, Sept. 4; Friday, Sept. 5; Friday, Sept. 12; and Saturday, Sept. 13.

For this piece, myself and a SUPER!SPECIAL!MYSTERY!GUEST! (ooh la la) will be making a new duet inspired by SF's history of disco and hi-NRG music. Think: the legendary Sylvester and Patrick Cowley, the ghosts of the I-Beam and the Trocadero Transfer, the feedback loop between dance music and HIV/AIDS, and the sleazy sensation of amyl nitrite. It's going to be a sweaty and cathartic one, digging deep into desire and discipline, crisis and cruising.

Tickets will be on sale soon.

THE USUAL SHOWGIRL SHIT

Angels at Aunt Charlie's Lounge and Juicy Fruit at Bar Part Time continue on their usual schedule.

Angels is every second Tuesday — wait a sec, that means there's one TONIGHT! See you there? Myles Cooper (my favorite DJ) plays from 9 pm till close, with a drag showcase at 10:30.

And Juicy Fruit happens the third Thursday of every other month (easy to remember, lol) – so we'll see y'all at BPT in August, October, and December.

Hope to see you soon! XOXO,

Maria