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Now! Thursday July 28th/Friday 29th: Tracy on BBC-5's Up All Night 9:30 pm Eastern USA/2:30 am GMT with Dr. Petra and Dotun Read an excerpt |
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| Friday, September 27, 2002 Signed copies of Diary can be found at the Original Barnes & Noble in New York: 105 Fifth Ave at 18th St. (South East corner) Store info: 212.807.0099 Our reading last night was a lot of fun! Thanks to Carla Oliver who managed the event so well, and to our audience. David Sterry is a great MC and I really enjoyed his performance of "Chicken." Veronica Vera did not wear her signature fairy-wings but she did read from her new book "Miss Vera's Cross-Dress for Success" -- coming very very soon. Tune into Sex-TV in Toronto, later this fall, for interviews and coverage... Monday, September 23, 2002 Reminder: This Tuesday night at 8:00 "Show & Tell" Tuesday September 24 at 8 pm The Gershwin Living Room, GERSHWIN HOTEL, 7 East 27th Street, NYC 10016 (between Madison and Fifth) Admission $5 Celebrate the opening of the Museum of Sex (MOSEX) with Tracy Quan, Martin Duberman, Barbara Nitke ... discussion, reading, Q&A...hosted by Grady Turner. Presented by Neke Carson and Michael Weiner http://www.gershwinhotel.com Saturday, September 21, 2002 Fall Events: Thursday 9/26 in Manhattan Barnes & Noble 18th St. Presents ... Sex Worker Literati! Thursday, Sept. 26th, 2002, 6:30PM Performances, Readings & Discussion with DAVID HENRY STERRY, VERONICA VERA & TRACY QUAN WHERE: Barnes & Noble, 105 5th Ave at 18th St. NY NY 10003 Info: 212.807.0099 Friday, September 20, 2002 MOSEX Update Last night I spent an edifying hour at the Museum of Sex (aka MOSEX) -- their party was a hit! For sheer visual delight, my favorites are the Vargas and Vargaslike drawings, paintings and prints of leggy babes in stockings and heels. But there's much more and I'll have to return, to take in the full range of material. (The Museum opens next week.) I happened upon Grady Turner who was giving an impromptu lecture on gay porn and "body-building" magazines from the '40s. Fascinating stuff. That famous image of two servicemen in a Passionate Embrace was taken during the Second World War and, as Grady pointed out, we don't know what happened to these guys or who they were: "They may have died on the battlefield." But they became icons of the gay rights movement of the 1990s, and their kiss was popularized from the waist up. At MOSEX, you can see the original in all its glory -- and I suggest that you do. This week, the NY Times ran a splashy-but-sober piece on MOSEX emphasizing its Educational Appeal. On Wednesday, a Toronto confidante wrote to tell me about "Sex Institutionalized in the City" by The Globe & Mail's Simon Houpt who reports that the Museum is just "seven brief blocks south of the tallest freestanding phallic symbol in the United States." He also reports that Ramses and Trojan condoms originated in New York! They were sold by bootleggers who were being harrassed and fined by the infamous Anthony Comstock. And, in my mailbox this afternoon: a copy of the Museum's new offering, NYC Sex: How New York Transformed Sex in America. It looks fabulous! Of course, there will be copies at the event on Tuesday -- see my 9/18 entry below! Wednesday, September 18, 2002 Fall Events: Show & Tell Next Tuesday, I'll be speaking on this rather colorful panel. It's an event at the Gershwin Living Room to celebrate the creation of The Museum of Sex. I'm delighted and honored that they've asked me to be part of this... Also on the panel: Martin Duberman who is Distinguished Professor of History at CUNY (City University) and author of a much-praised bio of Paul Robeson. He's also, as I understand it, a sort of elder statesman on the gay history scene. Then, there's Barbara Nitke, erotic photographer, who is suing the pants off John Ashcroft!!! (Sorry couldn't resist.) After the panel, we'll schmooze and/or sign books. Live talk shows are the best! Grady Turner (from the Museum) will host. Sooooo. Here's what you need to know: What: "Show & Tell" When: Tuesday September 24 at 8 pm Where: The Gershwin Living Room, GERSHWIN HOTEL, 7 East 27th Street, NYC 10016 (between Madison and Fifth) Admission $5 Check out the Gershwin site: http://www.gershwinhotel.com and the Museum of Sex at: http://www.museumofsex.com Tuesday, September 03, 2002 More Fall Events: Monday September 23! promises to be a lively evening...Hook Online is having a party at Remote ... Starting time 9 pm... Donation $10... DJ Mary Xmas will be on call... sort of. Giveaways from EROSpirit and others... For more details: http://www.hookonline.org/live Hook Online is a non-profit resource run by and for male sex workers -- a great cause! And you'll be starting your week off right. Where: 327 Bowery above 2nd St, New York City USA Phone: +01.212.228.0228 Why: www.HookOnline.org When: Monday 9/23 9pm....til? Monday, September 02, 2002 How NYC Transformed Sex in America It did? Well, that's the idea behind this new collection which comes out in less than two weeks from Scala Publishers: NYC Sex: How New York Transformed Sex in America. Conversations with Annie Sprinkle and Timothy "City of Eros" Gilfoyle are interspersed with important sexual images from New York's past. Other contributors include Martin Duberman, Luc Sante and the late Robert Mapplethorpe. My own contribution is a three-way chat with Xaviera Hollander and Professor Gilfoyle. If you'd like a signed copy, check out these events below and stay tuned! Sunday, September 01, 2002 Fall Events: Bookmark These Dates! NYC: Tuesday September 24 Panel discussion hosted by the Museum of Sex, 8 pm NYC: Thursday September 26 Sex Worker Literati performance/reading with David Sterry, Tracy Quan and Veronica Vera. (Click here for the latest on Veronica's new book!) Philly: Tuesday October 8 Sex Worker Literati (as above) Locations and times to be announced! Want to receive email about these events? Please write to me with "Mailing List" in your subject line and I'll keep you informed: TQ@tracyquan.net |