BAM and New York Live Arts are hosting a special streaming event featuring singular artists and collectives performing in drag, dance, song, storytelling, video collages, and more. The House Party with Everybooty will stream on livestream.com and will be accessible on BAM.org and NewYorkLiveArts.org.
The joint celebration will be hosted by Andre J, Tyler Ashley (“The Dauphine of Bushwick”), Raja Feather Kelly, and more.
Participating artists include icon Bill T. Jones; queer performance artist Migguel Anggelo; electro-funk duo The Illustrious Blacks; Untitled Queen for Bubble_T; the all-female sound system Gyal Tings; Overall Mother Summer LaBeija and Gulf Coast Mother Coco LaBeija for the House of LaBeija; West Dakota and Juku for OOPS!; Oscar Nñ for Papi Juice; Viva Ruiz and Martine Gutierrez for RAGGA NYC Collective; the Brooklyn drag collective Switch n’ Play; and more. The event is curatorially organized by the artists, in conjunction with its curatorial committee, including Tyler Ashley, Amy Cassello, Raja Feather Kelly, Andre J, and Janet Wong.
All donations raised during the event will be split between three organizations—Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, in the name of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company Co-founder, Arnie Zane, SAGE-GRIOT Center of Brooklyn, and Black Trans Femmes in the Arts. Live Arts lead sponsor Tito’s Handmade Vodka will be matching all donations to Callen-Lorde up to the amount of $3,500.