Oct 21 :: SEEKING SEX, PROCURING PORN: Explicit Materials in Archives, Libraries, Museums, & Flea Markets

Seeking Sex, Procuring Porn: Explicit Materials in Archives, Libraries, Museums, & Flea Markets a one-day symposium with archivists, librarians, collectors, & book dealers: Rachel Corbman, Emily Drabinski, Jeffrey Escoffier, Ian Kahn, Leeroy Kun Young Kang, Sur Rodney Sury, Quito Ziegler, & others October 21, Friday 10 am to 6 pm Fales Library & Special Collections 70 Washington Square South, …

Oct 20 :: SEX MUSEUMS: The Politics & Performance of Display

Sex Museums: The Politics & Performance of Display a lecture by Jennifer Tyburczy October 20, Thursday 6 to 7:30 pm Jennifer Tyburczy, Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara All museums are sex museums. In her book Sex Museums: The Politics & Performance of Display, Tyburczy takes a hard look at the formation of Western sexuality—particularly how …

Oct 8: Life & Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980 to 1983

Life & Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980 to 1983 a one-day symposium featuring Tim Lawrence (University of East London), Bernie Gendron (music historian), Leonard Abrams (East Village Eye), Patti Astor (downtown actor, Fun Gallery, Wild Style), Johnny Dynell (Mudd Club, Pyramid, Danceteria, Area), Steven Harvey (New York Rocker), Danny Krivit (Roxy), Sal Principato (Liquid …