SLOTH #10: MIRROR MIRROR
SLOTH Presents MIRROR MIRROR Live at The Parkside Lounge
APRIL 18 2025
Doors at 6PM / Show at 7PM
TICKETS $12
What do you see when you catch your reflection — truth or illusion? A fleeting glance can reveal desire, envy, admiration, or something altogether unexpected. Do you see yourself, or someone you long to be? Or has another’s reflection revealed something about you? Sometimes, a reflection doesn’t just show us who we are but who we are becoming. Tell us a story about the mirrors that have startled, seduced, or shaped you.
Doors open at 6:00 and stories begin around 7:00pm. Sharers and listeners are all welcome! No story is required to come and enjoy the scene. To sustain our work, there is a $12 entry fee, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
On the fence about telling a story? We're here to help you develop it for primetime! Reach out to one of our gracious and beautiful hosts to brainstorm and refine. We'd love to get a glimpse of your inner worlds.
What are SLOTH events?
The SLOTH is our queer gathering for friends to share stories inspired by our selected themes. Come to listen or come to tell. We welcome authentic and true(ish) tales, comedy, poetry, music, and any creative form you can put into a compelling 5-minute share.
Follow us @sloth.nyc
Auntie Climax
Dance it out to bathhouse, house, dark wave, goth, disco, R&B, and more. A daytime dance party for aunties of all kinds who wanna go to bed early (or start their club-hopping before the sun sets), and all of their friends.
Djs Savannah Knoop, Octavius Neveux, Nath Ann Carrera, Expertfundude and DJ Gretta.
Organized by Maya Suess, organizer and emcee of Unprofessional Variety Show, Kris Grey co-organizer of TRANSFERNO and Savannah Knoop!
The party name is from a T-shirt/artwork by Pippa Garner
David Peel: 420 Show and Tribute
Come celebrate the legendary David Peel at our 420 Tribute event in 2025! Join us at the Parkside Lounge for a night filled with music, memories, and good vibes. Let's honor the spirit of David Peel together. See you there!
David Peel Tribute and 420 Party with ...
Sea Monster
SoulCake
The Lower East Side Tribute Band
Crazy Mary
Rew Starr
Joey Kelly
Mac Gollehon
Arno Hecht
plus many surprise guests to be announced!
Presentations by Yippie Co-Founder Dana Beal and Aron (the Yippie Pie Man) Kay
We're going to have a book launch! "David Peel Rock n Roll Outlaw" limited edition by Tony Sacc
and while we were collecting material for the upcoming David Peel documentary film, we came upon a treasure trove of rare footage of David Peel from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s! We'll be presenting some of this amazing footage this night on 4/20 at the Parkside Lounge!!!
$12.51 ADVANCED ticket with special collectable gift give away to each person who buys an ADVANCED ticket -- $15 at door
Commemorative T-Shirts for sale (limited quantities) at advanced ticket purchase only
This is going to be an amazing night!
MICTASTIC! Open Mic & Showcase
APRIL MICTASTIC OPEN MIC & SHOWCASE EXPERIENCE AT THE PARKSIDE LOUNGE FEATURING JASMINE G!
Videography & photography all night
Trivia, Bingo, Activities
Six minutes per performer
NEW PRIZES
All artforms welcomed
The safest of spaces
WE KEEP IT MOVIN' AND GROOVIN ALL NIGHT
TRIVIA TRAVESTY with REBECCA HAVEMEYER & SILKY SHOEMAKER
Gather Round NYC! Gather Round!
Make ye way for TRIVIA TRAVESTY at The Parkside Lounge!
Join your eager hosts REBECCA HAVEMEYER & SILKY SHOEMAKER as they ride you into trivial oblivion and beyond in these maddening times!
Grab a ticket!
Bring ya friends!
Find a table!
Form a team!
Compete to win extremely "memorable" prizes!! Dress for success! Live performances! Live Sasquatch! Live Living!
All trivia questions are carefully hand-crafted by your stunning hosts, and will touch on topics ranging from high class entertainment, low brow brilliance, and anything and everything tha local news channels wouldn't dare shake a leg at!!
VERY LIMITED SEATING!
SECURE YOUR WARM BUNS IN ONE TODAY!
Wet Spot at Parkside
Wet Spot Presents Live at The Parkside Lounge
April 25 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
Advance $12 / Door $15
Live queer music! Performances by: Bad Kitty, First President of Japan, and Shaggo
Krebs and Simone's The Endless Party
It's the last Saturday of the month so it's time for THE ENDLESS PARTY!!! Meet up with friends, have a few drinks and enjoy the best music around. This month we're paying tribute to one of NYC's original Rock & Rollers: WALTER LURE! Get dressed up, put on your dancing shoes and come down to the world famous PARKSIDE LOUNGE where we are Keeping The LES Music Scene Alive! Dig The Scene Baby!
Doors 7:30
Here's the line up:
8:00- TOO MANY LAURAS (NYC Indie Rock/Anti-Folk) https://www.facebook.com/TooManyLauras
9:00- THE HIPP PIPPS (Straight Ahead Rock & Roll Aimed Atya Soul!) https://www.facebook.com/TheHippPipps
10:00- LUCKY 7 (Cajun, Zydeco, Delta Blues, Classic Country, and even Latino Salsa plus Tex-Mex) http://www.kennymargolis.com/lucky7/
11:00- X-WALDOS & SPECIAL GUESTS (Yea, Those Guys)
As Always NO COVER!!
Readings at Parkside: Cedar Sigo
Readings at Parkside:
Cedar Sigo
The Parkside Lounge
Sunday, April 27th, 4pm
Cedar Sigo's latest poetry collection, Siren of Atlantis, is an introspective odyssey of remarkable poetic and personal resonance.
Here are poems that speak to Sigo's profound experience of learning to write again after suffering a stroke in 2022. In creating this work, the author retraces poetic sources and reexamines style and tone, using a variety of compositional techniques to renegotiate what is at stake in the work. There is a joy in this collection, as Sigo allows us to bear witness to the rediscovery of language, imparting the work with a new and dramatic clarity, for the poet and ultimately for the reader as well.
Cedar Sigo is a poet and member of the Suquamish Nation. He studied at The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute. He is the author of endless books and pamphlets of poetry, including All This Time (Wave Books, 2021), Stranger in Town (City Lights, 2010), Expensive Magic (House Press, 2008), two editions of Selected Writings (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2003 and 2005) and most recently Siren of Atlantis (Wave Books, 2025). In 2022 he received a grants to artist’s award from The Foundation for Contemporary Arts. He has taught all over the country including The University of Washington, Bard College, Washington University, Naropa University and The Institute of American Indian Arts. He lives in Lofall, Washington.
CLAYWOMAN and CHRISTEENE invite you to: A Night Inside with DYNASTY HANDBAG!!
A most spectacular astral occasion will take place on SUNDAY APRIL 27th at 8:00pm when CLAYWOMAN and CHRISTEENE reunite for A NIGHT INSIDE...an intimate evening of shared thoughts and artistic expressions. Like two oracles from opposite ends of the galaxy, they bring you their crusty pearls of wisdom and dusty volumes of experience along with their most very special guest, the one and only DYNASTY HANDBAG!! Join them along with their stern sidekick, JUDITH, all at THE PARKSIDE LOUNGE, as they explore new and uncharted realms together!
Please purchase tickets in advance to assure passage to this monumental affair. Seating is very limited!
*artwork by Brett Lindell
The Bellrays Intimately in Your Face!
Elbaum Tanner and Bootleg Dan Presents The Bellrays Live at The Parkside Lounge
April 28 2025
Doors at 7pm
Advance $20 / Door $25
The Bellrays are:
A: Blues
B: Soul
C: Punk
The Bellrays are the ABC OF ROCKNROLL!! With recent tours supporting Social Distortion and an upcoming tour with The Damned. The Bellrays have agreed to an intimate show at NYC’s The Parkside Lounge. https://thebellrays.com/?
In support, Jem Records Recording Artist The Cynz https://www.facebook.com/share/1PwMDB2YUs/?mibextid=wwXIfr
and NYC Legends Flash Cooney and The Deans of Discipline!!
The Hometown Tour
The Hometown Tour Live at The Parkside Lounge
April 29 2025
Doors at 7pm/ Show at 7:30pm
Early Bird $12 / Advance $15 / Door $20
The Hometown Tour tells the autobiographical story of Alex as he and his band return to play a punk show in his hometown for the first time in 10 years. Throughout the concert, Alex relives pivotal moments of his teenagehood struggles in a small Massachusetts town, as he forms his first band and forges bonds with his coworkers at his menial grocery store job. As the ghosts of the past and the present begin to intertwine, Alex must come to terms with how he dealt with his mental illness then - and how he must handle it now. The Hometown Tour is a one-act explosion of punk energy told by a tight cast of 4 actor-musicians.
Featuring:
@alex.petti (lead artist)
@dfcaggiano (director)
@mephensturphy (music director)
@taurenlhomas (performer)
@deakjulien (performer)
@the1truegoiter (performer)
Content Warning: The Hometown Tour contains explicit discussion of depression, anxiety, and sucide/suicidal ideation. Viewer discretion is advised. Please contact danielledjoseph@gmail.com if you have questions about the content of the show.
All This Safety is Killing Us: Book Release and Party
Book Release Party and Discussion to Celebrate the Publication of
All this Safety is Killing Us
6:30-9:30 Friday May 2nd
the first abolitionist anthology that focuses on healthcare.
A multi-discipline, multimedia guide to abolition through the lens of healthcare and medicine - featuring writings and artwork from 10+ incarcerated and post-detention activists and others
Join the editors Dr. Ronica Mukerjee and Dr. Carlos Martinez as well as other authors from the book in person to discuss their work.
SLOTH Shop: Queer Storytelling Workshop
Got a story brewing but not quite ready for the mic? SLOTH SHOP is your space to tinker, test, and trade ideas with fellow storytellers. Whether you’re fine-tuning for the next open mic, shaping a personal project, or just need a spark to get started, bring your rough drafts, half-baked ideas, or even a blank page.
Together, we’ll learn how to give (and take) constructive critique, explore the art of collaborative storytelling, and build stronger creative bonds in our community. No pressure, just play.
NEXT THEME: PRIDE & PREJUDICE
What does it mean to embrace your queerness in a world that often judges you for it? How have you navigated the tension between your pride and the prejudice you overcome? Whether it’s a story of defying expectations, challenging stereotypes, or reclaiming power, we want to hear how you’ve shaped your queer path. Come share your truth, laugh at the absurdities, and explore the complexity of love, identity, and belonging in a world that is always trying to label you.
WHAT ARE SLOTH EVENTS?
Slow down and listen in. THE SLOTH is our queer gathering for friends to share and shape stories inspired by our selected themes. Come to listen or come to tell. We welcome authentic tales, comedy, poetry, music, and any creative form you can put into compelling 5-minute shares.
Follow us @sloth.nyc
Stay Free or Die Tryin'- Benefit for the ACLU
A Benefit for the ACLU Live at The Parkside Lounge
May 9 2025
Doors at 6:15pm / Show at 6:45pm
Early Bird $16 / Advance $18 / Door $20
Fundraiser for the ACLU featuring local bands:
Red Like Ruby
St. Divine
The Side Effect
Tim Ellis & Soft Serve
Modern Beast
Wet Spot Presents: Dylan Mars Birthday Bash with Theophobia and Josephine Network!
Wet Spot Presents Dylan Mars Birthday Bash Live at The Parkside Lounge
May 10 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
Advance $15 / Door $20
Performances by Theophobia and Josephine Network!
K.I.S.S.E.S.
K.I.S.S.E.S. at The Parkside Lounge
May 11 2025
Doors at 8 / Show at 8:30
Early Bird $4 / Advance $5 / Door $10
K.I.S.S.E.S. Satisfy the urge. Sweat with DJ Ale and DJ Chris. Make Sunday feel like Friday. Recognize the futility of competition. Kiss the dancefloor, kiss your mothers, kiss each other, kiss the dark wet asphalt and the endless lights. A night you will not remember and shall not forget. Dance...or die.
HOLOGRAM BOYFRIENDS by MIKE ALBO
READINGS AT PARKSIDE Presents HOLOGRAM BOYFRIENDS Live at The Parkside Lounge
May 13 2025
Doors at 6:30pm / Show at 7pm
Tickets $5
READINGS AT PARKSIDE invites you to an exclusive live performance and audio book taping of Mike Albo’s latest project — HOLOGRAM BOYFRIENDS: Sex, Love, and Overconnection from Macmillan Audio!
Mike Albo's HOLOGRAM BOYFRIENDS, told through a series of vignettes, is a work of sonic autofiction where the author humorously dissects the intertwining of emotional and sexual desire with the insatiable consumption of social media and apps.
Macmillan Audio will be releasing HOLOGRAM BOYFRIENDS with both studio sessions and live audience segments in fall of 2025. On May 13th you have the unique opportunity to be part of the live audience recording and to immortalize the sounds of your glorious laughter on the final release!
Albo will be performing a handful of vignettes from HOLOGRAM BOYFRIENDS over the hour with a small break in the middle. Bring your love and laughter and join us on May 13th for this special advance preview and recording event!
MIKE ALBO is a writer and performer whose novels and memoirettes include Hornito, The Underminer: The Best friend Who Casually Destroys Your Life, The Junket, Spermhood: Diary of a Donor, and the queer young adult romantasy Another Dimension of Us. His solo shows include Spray, Please Everything Burst, The Junket, and Spermhood. Hologram Boyfriends: Sex, Love, and Overconnection will be published by Macmillan Audio in the fall of 2025.
Deep Listening VIII: Ka Baird, Gabby Fluke-Mogul, Nick Hallett, Daniel Klag
Deep Listening VIII: Ka Baird, Gabby Fluke-Mogul, Nick Hallett, Daniel Klag Live at The Parkside Lounge
May 15 2025
Doors at 6:30 / Show at 7pm
Students over 21 with ID $5 / Advance $10 / Door $15
Deep Listening returns with its eighth and final iteration at @the_parkside_lounge_nyc featuring three sets of live experimental performance from Ka Baird (@sapropelicpycnic) with gabby fluke-mogul (@flukemogul), Nick Hallett (@nick_hallett), and Daniel Klag (@danielklag). Presented by Kevin Kenkel (@kevinkenkel).
The evening will also feature a popup shop from our friends at @soaplibrary Soap Library!
Follow @deeeeplistening_nyc to stay up to date on future events and see clips or photos from past shows.
Ka Baird is a performer, sound artist, musician and composer based in New York City. They are known for their live performances which include extended voice and microphone techniques combined with electronics and psychoacoustic interplay of flutes and other woodwinds. They create a present tense sound with a vigorous, ritualistic delivery that seeks extreme release through physical exertion and psychic extension. They have worked/collaborated with many other musicians, artists, filmmakers and choreographers, both in structured compositions and in their dedicated practice of improvisation and interdisciplinary work.
https://www.kabaird.com/
gabby fluke-mogul is a Brooklyn-based violinist, improviser, composer, educator, organizer, and doula.
Weaving within experimental threads of improvised musics, their playing has been described as “embodied, visceral and virtuosic” and “the most striking sound in improvised music in years”. On their 2022 solo release from Relative Pitch Records, Best of Jazz notes, "LOVE SONGS is graspable within its very first seconds of play. It has rare density...infinitely beautiful and magnificently poignant."
http://www.flukemogul.com
Nick Hallett is a New York based musician, artist, and organizer. Their experimental voice-based practice is rooted in play with non-language, song, and electronics. Known as an “invaluable” (New Yorker) impresario and collaborator to visual artists and choreographers, their music has been presented at MoMA, Park Avenue Armory, BAM, the Whitney, New Museum, The Kitchen, PERFORMA, Hayden Planetarium, Roulette, ISSUE Project Room, Danspace, and many other institutional and commercial spaces. They have sung in works by Anthony Braxton, Meredith Monk, and Susie Ibarra. Not generally known as a solo performer, for Deep Listening, Nick is making something completely new.
https://www.gutcity.com/
Daniel Klag constructs ambient audio sketches from isolated samples of acoustic and electric instruments, field recordings, and other found sounds. His output spans multiple labels including Muzan Editions, Patient Sounds, Constellation Tatsu, AMDISCS, and Soap Library. His latest album, Facsimile, takes inspiration from Enrique Vila-Matas’ A Brief History of Portable Literature, a novella presenting the fictional history of a secret society of writers and artists whose work is intentionally small and lightweight. Facsimile was recorded in small spaces (hotel rooms, train cars, an NYC apartment) using only portable battery-powered devices.
www.danielklag.com
Kevin Kenkel is a Brooklyn-based composer and performer whose most recent album “Break All The Bones in Your Heart” was released by Soap Library in June 2024. His music comprises elegiac compositions for analog synthesizers and sampler, filled with pathos, heady atmospheres of longing and loneliness, unanswered calls, and missed connections. Additionally, he plays synthesizers and electronics with the performance artist Christeene, with recent performances in Oslo, Rome, Berlin, and London. Kevin curates Deep Listening, a bi-monthly evening of experimental electronics at Parkside Lounge in NYC’s Lower East Side. He has collaborated with Colin Self, Adam Tendler, Eve Essex, and Das Audit as a drummer and synthesist.
www.kevinkenkel.info
Rock And Roll: Mick Oakleaf's Birthday Celebration
Fun rock and roll birthday celebration for Mick Oakleaf!
A major force in the music industry, all star drummer, engineer and all around great guy!
7pm Faith NYC
8pm Disturbed Furniture
9pmThe Patti Rothberg Coincidence
10pm Valkyrie’s Vendetta
Admission: $5.
Let’s Party!!
Wet Spot at Parkside FIVE YEAR CELEBRATION!
Wet Spot Presents Celebrating Five Years of Wet Spot Live at The Parkside Lounge
May 30 2025
Doors at 7:30pm / Show at 8pm
Advance $15 / Door $20
Join us to celebrate the FIFTH ANNIVERSARY of queer performance showcase (and sometimes DIY) Wet Spot!
Wet Spot elevates and champions local artists by curating dependable and wild performances each month. Wet Spot fosters safer spaces for all who wander from the edges, a place where folks can come together to collaborate and find community through education, activism, and celebration.
Music all night from Debbie Dopamine, Eevie Echoes & the Locations, Max Talay, Violet Stanza, and Skylar Pocket. Hosted by Lena Horné and Aladdin Firm. Plus flash tats, merch, and more!
Playground by Polèle Single Release Party
Single Release Party for Playground by Polèle + comedy + drag + tarot + fundraiser
3pm - 5pm
It's PRIDE 2025!! We're kicking off the first day of pride with an all queer/trans and BIPOC lineup at the single release party for Playground by Polèle, an indie singer-songwriter track inspired by staying in touch with your inner child. The event will be a variety show with comedy and drag closed out by a set by Polèle. We will also have a tarot reader available and fun party favors - (bubbles, stickers, and candy)! 50% of the proceeds will be donated to For the Gworls in support of the Black, transgender community.
Wet Spot Presents: Lisa Stephen Friday in Concert
Wet Spot Presents Lisa Stephen Friday Live at The Parkside Lounge
June 12 2025
Doors at 7pm
Advance $15 / Door $20
Spend an intimate evening with Lisa Stephen Friday as she sings solo acoustic versions of her original songs, music from her one woman musical, TRANS AM and the concert version of the original new piece, DOLL/GIRL: A MUSICAL which she has co-created with its writer, Joseph Ritsch. As a child of the 80’s Lisa’s artistic aesthetic is highly influenced by the early days of MTV and the post punk era of pop music. Lisa’s songwriting career is now in its third decade with her most notable work coming in the early 2000’s as the front woman and song writer for the NYC based rock-n-roll band Lisa Jackson and Girl Friday. She is joined by special guest Carmen Castillo.
HOT FOR YOU
Hot For You is a backroom disco for the family. On Sunday, June 29, we close out Pride weekend with a special guest playing an all night set. Advance tickets are available here. Ticket holders will be prioritized when the venue reaches capacity. Our favorite time of day is night.
SMUT (So Much Under There)
S(o) M(uch) U(nder)T(herę)
Sunday April 13 2025
Doors 7:30, show 8pm
$12 Advance / $15 Door
A Fundraiser for GLITS with readings and performances on the topic of SMUT hosted by Heather Glynis and Zefyr Lisowski and original art work by Siobhan Viles
@feraldreampopgirl; @zefrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr; @djinn_t0nic; @doroshow; @chiquitettas; @duddylynn; @harnaw; @bighedva; @ganjacum_; @kylecarrerolopez; @untitledqueen; @sioviles
Fat Cat Crawfish Boil & Fundraiser
You are cordially invited to the FAT CAT CRAWFISH FUNdraiser!
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Saturday, April 12th, 1-4pm at
The Parkside Lounge
317 East Houston, NYC
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$50 gets you call you can eat Fat Cat Crawfish! Enjoy live music, great drinks, and support a fabulous cause - live theatre in NYC! Can’t make it to the boil? You can still support us by buying an “angel” ticket or donating whatever you can. Thank you!
MASC-ARADE
MASC-ARADE Live at The Parkside Lounge
April 11 2025
Doors at 11pm / Show at 11:30pm
Early Bird $10 / Advance $15 / Door $20
A MASC-CENTERED POP Up strip night centering trans people.
Sissies R Us Presents THAT TRACKS
Sissies R Us Presents THAT TRACKS Live at The Parkside Lounge
April 11, 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
Early Bird $12 / Advance $15 / Door $20
Dusty Childers & Company return to Parkside and this time it's all about the big screen. The Sissies R Us crew and extra special guests will be singing their favorite songs from motion picture sound tracks accompanied by stories and clips. We've got Joanie Drago on Guitar, James Jackson on Bass, Mike Lunoe on Drums and Paul Leschen on keys. Guests to be announced soon!
Creatures of the Night
CREATURES OF THE NIGHT Live at The Parkside Lounge
April 10 2025
10pm
Early Bird $10 / Advance $12 / Door $15
Creatures of the Nightis a queer goth night for the heads, those with a taste for the macabre from all walks of life. Music which runs the gamut of goth spanning time place and style as interpreted by our world class djs and Creatures Residents-Shyboi,Via App,Yakiand Neon Christina.
Transcendence, Deliverance, Fantasy, Nastiness, Dances of the Sacred and Profane
HOT FOR YOU
Hot For You is a backroom disco for the family. On Sunday April 6, New Orleans nightlife impresario Bouffant Bouffant joins us for an all night set. Our favorite time of day is night.
Elbaum Tanner RocknRoll Scene and Bootleg Dan Present: Maximum Garage, The Insomniacs, Muck & The Mires, The Cynz, Dragon Redux
Elbaum Tanner RocknRoll Scene and Bootleg Dan Present: Maximum Garage, The Insomniacs, Muck & The Mires, The Cynz, Dragon Redux
LIVE AT PARKSIDE LOUNGE!
April 5 2025
Doors at 7:30pm / Show at 8pm
Advance $18 / Door $20
Insomniacs 11pm https://www.facebook.com/share/17QZTgphoD/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Muck and The Mires (Boston) 10PM https://www.facebook.com/share/19UBswzxWE/?mibextid=wwXIfr
The Cynz 9PM https://www.facebook.com/share/1ECdU5LhYi/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Dragon Redux feat Joe Sztabnik 8PM https://joesztabnik.com/home
American Ambulance, Naughty Clouds, Eljin Marbles, The Pickups
New Deal Records Presents American Ambulance, Naughty Clouds, Eljin Marbles, The Pickups Live at The Parkside Lounge
April 4, 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
Early Bird $10 / Advance $15 / Door $20
New Deal Records inaugural showcase and party, with Twang-Punk Kings American Ambulance, NJ's best Garage Power Trio Naughty Clouds, the psychedelic savagery of Eljin Marbles, and a special set from the Pickups, who take minimalism to the max. Special guests, brand new merch and music, and more!
TICKETS
Readings at Parkside: Lynne TILLMAN: THRILLED TO DEATH
From award-winning novelist and cultural critic Lynne Tillman, Thrilled to Death is a collection of selected stories across the career of America’s most audacious writer —
Among the vanguard of American literary writers, Lynne Tillman’s work has defied categorization throughout her legendary career—a singular body of work that both redefined and reimagined the short story form entirely.
Curated by the author, Thrilled to Death is the definitive entry point for both established fans and new readers alike. These selected stories collect a bold, playful, and eclectic ensemble of Tillman’s Borgesian fictions that span decades and traverse themes of sex, death, memory, and anxiety.
With argumentative wit, Tillman’s meditations and reflections on art, politics, and culture are animated by deliciously paradoxical characters who desire and fret in turn, and who are imbued with searing intelligence and dolorous ambivalence. Describing Tillman’s writing, Colm Tóibín says: “Her style has both tone and undertone; it attempts to register the impossibility of saying very much, but it insists on the right to say a little. So what is essential is the voice itself, its ways of knowing and unknowing.”
Killdeer, Bedpan Fight and The 86's
Killdeer, The 86's & Bedpan Fight
Friday March 28th
Doors
7pm Bands 7:30pm
Old school 1970s NYC-style rock and roll. Think New York Dolls, Ramones, and Blondie. You're welcome.
$10 Advance / $12 Door
@killdeer_nyc @the86srocknyc @bedpanfight
Funky But Chic: Remembering David Johansen
Kipp Elbaum, Puma Perl, & Richard Jallouk Presents Funky But Chic: Remembering David Johansen Live at The Parkside Lounge
March 27 2025
Doors at 6:30pm /Show at 7pm
Suggested Donation $20
All contributions go to Sweet Relief Musicians Fund in David's memory. All merchandise sales such as CDs, Vinyl Records, T-Shirts, Buttons, and Stickers will be donated by the Performers.
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund
https://www.sweetrelief.org/Performances:
7:00 Billy MaGee
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7:40 SoulCake
https://www.facebook.com/SoulCakeNYC
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8:20 Exit 99
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100023769021915
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9:00 The Puma Perl Band
https://www.facebook.com/pumaperlandfriends
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9:40 Joey Kelly All Stars
https://www.facebook.com/joeykellymusic
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10:20 Density Black Cat
https://www.facebook.com/densityblackcat
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11:00 Sunrisers with Shawn Ghost
Mictastic! Leah V's Open Mic
MARCH MICTASTIC OPEN MIC & SHOWCASE EXPERIENCE AT THE PARKSIDE LOUNGE!
Videography & photography all night
Trivia, Bingo, Activities
Six minutes per performer
NEW PRIZES
All artforms welcomed
TICKETS
Wet Spot at Parkside Lounge: Avatareden, Angel Hair No. 12, Lavender Tops
Wet Spot Live at The Parkside Lounge
March 23, 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
Advance $12 / Door $15
Wet Spot brings you another line up of all queer live music. Come dance, flirt, bop, and support local bands!
Performances by: Avatareden, Angel Hair No. 12, and Lavender Tops
Early Birds Club- 80's Dance Party
Chicago-based Earlybirds Club makes its Parkside Lounge return, this time as a bitchin' 80s dance party. Wear your favorite Me-Decade looks (or don’t, you do you) at this party designed for women, trans, and non-binary folks that starts early and ends early—because we have sh*t to in the morning!
15% of ticket proceeds benefit Parkside Lounge's Bad Review Fund.
Tickets are sold out - join the waitlist here
MAIN POP GIRLS
Abracadabra, amor-oo-na-na! Main Pop Girls returns to Parkside Lounge on March 21 for a VERY special edition of DJ Louie XIV’s all pop girl dance party. Category is Dance or Die! We’ll be celebrating Mayhem in the club, plus we’ve got a fun surprise in store – so stay tuned! The party will be hosted by Legends Only’s T. Kyle and Bradley Stern. Photos by Grace Chu.
Early bird tickets are only $15 but they won’t last long, so snag them now.
TICKETS
Low Tide with Callie MacKenzie and Colton Thorn
Low Tide with callie mackenzie and Colton Thorn
March 21, 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
Early Bird $10 / Advance $15 / Door $20
Queer/trans indie folk with Low Tide, callie mackenzie, and Colton Thorn. Join us for a night of radical politics and sweet harmonies to bring us together and sustain us. Come sad, come tired, come angry, come hopeful. We got you.
TRIVIA TRAVESTY with REBECCA HAVEMEYER & SILKY SHOEMAKER
Gather Round NYC! Gather Round!
Make ye way for TRIVIA TRAVESTY at The Parkside Lounge!
Join your eager hosts REBECCA HAVEMEYER & SILKY SHOEMAKER as they ride you into trivial oblivion and beyond in these maddening times!
Grab a ticket!
Bring ya friends!
Find a table!
Form a team!
Compete to win extremely "memorable" prizes!! Dress for success! Live performances! Live Sasquatch! Live Living!
All trivia questions are carefully hand-crafted by your stunning hosts, and will touch on topics ranging from high class entertainment, low brow brilliance, and anything and everything tha local news channels wouldn't dare shake a leg at!!
TWO SHOWS PER EVENING! VERY LIMITED SEATING!
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Thursday March 20th
6pm OR 8:30pm
Rheanna Atendido & Justin Huertas: HALO HALO: SESSION 3
Rheanna Atendido & Justin Huertas Present: HALO HALO: SESSION 3 Live at The Parkside Lounge
March 18 2025
Doors at 7pm/ Show at 7:30pm
Early Bird $15 / Advance $18 / Door $23
A mix mix of folk pop originals and covers from two Fil-Am singer-songwriters
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CLAYWOMAN and CHRISTEENE invite you to: A Night Inside with Nath Ann Carrera and Morgan Bassichis
CLAYWOMAN and CHRISTEENE invite you to: A Night Inside with Nath Ann Carrera and Morgan Bassichis
Sunday March 16th 2025
doors 7:30 Show 8
Early Bird $20 / General Admission $25
In this darke and macabre year of 2025, a most spectacular astral occasion will thankfully take place on SUNDAY MARCH 16th at 8:00pm when CLAYWOMAN and CHRISTEENE reunite for A NIGHT INSIDE...an intimate evening of shared thoughts and artistic expressions. Like two oracles from opposite ends of the galaxy, they bring you their crusty pearls of wisdom and dusty volumes of experience along with our very special guests NATH ANN CARRERA & MORGAN BASSICHIS! Join them along with their stern sidekick, JUDITH, all at THE PARKSIDE LOUNGE, as they explore new and uncharted realms together!
Please purchase tickets in advance to assure passage to this monumental affair.
Seating is very limited!
*artwork by Brett Lindell