Two events this weekend hosted by Prison Art Gallery are not for the meek!

While TONIGHT's "Eroticon" auction and reception at Busboys & Poets featuring controversial prison art, hosted by Woodhull Freedom Foundation and Prisons Foundation, has hit at least one sour note ... Saturday's free mentoring training workshop at the Prison Art Gallery by ex-prisoner artists and officials from Washington DC area jails and prisons is getting MUCH praise.

Click the above image to read the entire Priosns Foundation / Prison Art Gallery E-Newsletter dated Monday, 16 June 2008.

Singer / Songwriter Julie Clark performs at Capital Pride Festival

Though my 2008 Capital Pride Project is still under construction here the three videos that I shot of singer / songwriter Julie Clark's performance at the Main Stage during Sunday's Festival.

• Video #1/3
• Video #2/3
• Video #3/3

Click the image to view my Julie Clark - Capital Pride Festival - Main Stage / WDC - 15 June 2008 photoset.

John Waters LIVE: One Night Only! - Thursday Night, 26 June 2008 (NYC)

If you are planning a trip to Manhattan for next weekend's NYC Pride Celebration you may wish to arrive in time for the Thursday evening, 26 June 2008 Josh Wood Productions "John Waters - LIVE: One Night Only event.

A benefit for The Stonewall Community Foundation, the JOHN WATERS' "THIS FILTHY WORLD" one-man show is a “vaudeville” act that celebrates the film career and obsessional tastes of the man William Burroughs once called “The Pope of Trash.” Focusing in on Waters’ early negative artistic influences and his fascination with true crime, exploitation films, fashion lunacy, and the extremes of the contemporary art world, this joyously devious monologue elevates all that is trashy in life into a call to arms to “filth followers” everywhere.

Held at the Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, at 9pm on Thursday, 26 June 2008, general admission at $37.50 iincludes a subscription to Time Out New York. Filthy VIP at $100 includes Meet & Greet with John Waters, autographed DVD and reserved seating.

LIZARD LOUNGE 10-Year Anniversary Celebration!

This Sunday, 22 June 2008, Mark Lee and ATLAS Events will celebrate the 10th anniversay of Lizard Lounge which was lauched in June 1998.

Always complimentary admission, from 8pm until 2am with music by resident DJ Kostas (no web presence) and Luke Easley ... drink, lounge, smoke or dance ... in any combination that you choose on this and evey Sunday at LIZARD LOUNGE at LIMA.

Which, located at 14th and K Street, south of Logan Circle and Thomas Circle is adjacent to Franklin Square in NW Washington DC.

21+ / ID required.

Click image to read the entire ATLAS Events E-News dated Thursday, 19 June 2008 for more specific details.

Vote for Erick Wilund in NYC's Artists Wanted Photography Competition

a photography competition
Originally uploaded by Erick Wilund

One of my favorite and certainly most talented and best photographers on flickr, Eric Wilund, is one of the featured artists in the soon to end New American Art Boom Photography Competition at Artists Wanted.

Those who know me know that this is not something that I have ever taken lightly. However, Erick's work deserves such attention.

And, as detailed in the caption of this photo ... please VOTE FOR ERICK WILUND ... and click the 5th (far right) star to vote (below the photos, where it says "Rate this Portfolio"). Clicking any of the other stars will result in a lower rating. You can vote every 24 hours, so if you vote today, you can vote at the same time tomorrow and again on Friday. I know that this is a lot to ask, but voting ends at midnight on Friday and there is a special award for the most votes from the public.

I have little doubt that once you take a glance at his flickr site you're understand why I went out on a limb to ask something that I have ever asked of you before. And may will never ask again.

But, Erick Wilund and his photography is deservant of such attention!

Sharon Brigforth's "delta dandi" NYC AUDITIONS and more

AUDITION: Freedom Train Productions

• Wednesday, June 25th, 610pm to 9pm @ Audre Lorde Project, 85 South Oxford Street in Brooklyn
• Thursday, June 26th, 610pm to 9pm @ Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Avenue (16th Floor) in Manhattan

Freedom Train Productions, a political theatre company and member of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, seeks actors and actresses for an upcoming stage reading series. All plays will be featured at Fire! New Play Festival in August 2008. Last year over 500 audience members, including 50 theatre producers caught Fire! More infomation at http://www.freedomtrainproductions.org.

CLICK ABOVE IMAGE to read the entire 17 June 2008 E-News with information pertaining to play synopsis and character breakdowns.