7/19/14

1 800~N*GGA



BLACK DAHLIA'S BIRTHDAY SALON


PRESENTS
 BLACK DAHlLIA'S BIRTHDAY SALON

IF ELIZABETH SHORT AKA "THE BLACK DAHLIA"
 HAD LIVED SHE WOULD BE 90 YEARS OLD ON~
JULY 29TH
5PM TILL 7PM

PLEASE COME TO ANTEBELLUM 
AND CELEBRATE DAHLIA'S 90TH BIRTHDAY

guests are encouraged to bring birthday cards
 created or purchased for
 Elizabeth Short AKA THE BLACK DAHLIA

READINGS & POETRY BY
ALEX GILDZEN

DAHLIA INSPIRED ARTWORKS
 CAKE & TEA WILL BE SERVED
NO HOST BAR
BEAUTIFUL PATIO
$5 COVER


screening of "WHO IS THE BLACK DAHLIA"
starring LUCY ARNEZ
(1975)
WILL BEGIN @ 7:30PM
$5 COVER
ANTEBELLUM
1643 N LAS PALMAS AVE
HOLLYWOOD, CA 90028
323 856~0667

MY FURRY EXHBIT BACK IN THE DAY~ CIRCA 2003





September 13 - 27, 2003 
  
Rick Castro Presents 
FUROTICA: It Ain't Exactly Bambi 
  
Track 16 Gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition Rick Castro Presents--FUROTICA: It Ain't Exactly Bambi. Rick Castro, director of the cult classic Hustler White and the new MTV documentary Plushies & Furries presents photographs and videos that document the underground "furry" lifestyle he experienced during the filming and production of Plushies & Furries. The exhibition runs from September 13 to September 27, 2003, with an opening reception on Saturday, September 13, from 6 to 9 P.M. 
  
What are Furries? They are people who identify with anthropomorphized animals, (animals with human characteristics) in some cases they feel that they are, in fact, part animal. Since the early 1980s, a growing number of people from every walk of life and every part of the world have been introduced to the Furry lifestyle--in large part via the Internet--and now consider themselves "Furry." Furry is not so much a hobby or trend, but rather an identity. Consider this, is being gay only about gay sex? Is it a lifestyle, or does it consist of the complete identity of an individual? The same questions apply here. Furry could be the beginning of a whole new social identity: "transspecies." 
  
The Furry trend has recently been written about in Vanity Fair, London Financial Times, Wired, Marie Claire, Filmmaker Magazine, Blue Magazine, and even appeared in an episode of E.R. Rick Castro's documentary~Plushies & Furries has screened at the American Cinemathéque, Outfest Los Angeles, Frameline San Francisco, the MIX Festival--NYC, the Milan Film Festival, the Montreal Gay Film Festival, the Seattle Gay Film Festival, and the Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney, as well as airing on MTV and Channel 5 UK. 
  
The exhibition marks the first time that this material has been presented in a mainstream art venue in Los Angeles. 
  
On Friday, September 19, Track 16 Gallery will screen the video, Plushies & Furries. The evening will include a question and answer period with Rick Castro, as well as a slide presentation. Admission is $5, and the event begins at 8 P.M. Rick Castro--delivering fetish to the mainstream. Get ready for a brave new fuzzy world!

A MOMENT OF TRUTH



EL MUCHACHO BAILARINES DE LA CIUDAD DE COAHUILA


El muchacho bailarines de la ciudad de coahuila

TAKE ME TO THE BLACK FORREST

my longtime dolls of friends~ NIC KNE & JOHNNY NEW FINK live deep in the black forrest~ bavaria, germany. i plan to visit them very soon!
here is their beautiful estate.










photos courtesy~ nic kne & johnny new fink~ black forrest/antebellum correspondents