Enjoy.

Red Door.

ADVERTENCIA

Porque la contemplación no es un prado lleno de flores y sonidos del roce de los seres diminutos que lo pueblan de día, de noche, por el aire, por el agua, y viven en la perfección; es una extensa llanura sobrepuesta a los paisajes donde el tiempo camina con los pies del pensamiento. Bellezas insoportables amenazan la cordura, rompen el hilo que une los sistemas de asimilación de la noche, y tiemblan los ojos azotados por tantos universos; calla el hombre, olvida la certeza o su ausencia, y desaparece.

Por Carolina Olguín

(Monterrey, México)

1st issue - Featured artist: Diego La Torre

Dear Red Door friends, dreamers, worldthreaders, comrades and colleagues:

The act of living is an art form all its’ own. Every step is a stroke and sometimes we find our hands forced by traditions we would not call our own. We have inadvertently developed a series of habits that we call “style.” We have paid for them in our way. In  some cases we got more than we bargained for. Time to look at the numbers and adjust some of the figures. These books are out of balance, you better believe. The language you speak and the things your eyes see, this is what we want to document. We want it to touch us, to transform us, to bring us together to the world we wish to belong.

So how do you find a balance? Who can say? It is time to test some new theories. The Neverstop project is our way of trying out some ideas and we invite you to come with us. We are eager to develop new collaboration projects in all aspects of the creative process. This is an open call to combine our energies in our efforts to live this love-life. It is work and play and everything else. We need you to help us figure out what it looks like. Let’s share our ideas and shed our fears. Let’s do this. For real.

The format of the magazine has been changed to provide for easier information exchange and user-generated content: That is, for you to get involved with Red Door in a more active way. The front page of our magazine is now in blog format, to allow frequent updates and posts, from events to articles and reviews, from our correspondents, contributors and authors. This means we will have the possibility of posting your content as soon as we receive it!!! If you are interested in joining us, read the guidelines.

In addition to this, instead of a bi-monthly publication (as we had done in the past years), we will be presenting a formal issue of Red Door Magazine 4 times a year, which you will be able to download, archive and distribute. The due date for content submission is as follows:

March 11, 2012

June 11, 2012

Sept 11, 2012

Dec 11, 2012

Red Door Magazine is pleased to invite musicians, visual artists, designers in different fields, activists, professionals, amateurs and students to share their vision with us.

The curatorial process of each issue, which will define the style of each of the 4 issues, will be announced on our facebook page and through our e-newsletter. The purpose is to create additional printed projects, including zines, books and postcards, with the collaboration of the artists selected to participate in these 4 issues.

Let us begin this 3rd year of Red Door with beautiful days, collaborations and awareness. Let the conversation be within those who are already awake, for we are community. No more isolation of ideas. We exist!

Hope to hear from you soon,

Red Door Magazine.

Image: Red Door Magazine’s 1st issue, 2009. Art by Diego La Torre, Spain.

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COMMUNITY:

JULY 10

“Justice and Humanity” Art Exhibit

The University of Dayton School of Law will be hosting an art exhibit at UDSL from August 13th through September 3rd.

THEME: “What does justice and humanity mean to you?”
DONATIONS: All proceeds from the sale of the art pieces will go to through the Red Cross to the tornado victims in the Alabama, Missouri and Mississippi area. Multiple pieces may be submitted.
Expense for supplies will be partially covered based upon the number of submissions and mediums used.
This is an excellent opportunity for exposure and to network with new clients and artists.
Awards will also be given for “Best of Show,” second, and third place.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE – July 10, 2010
Please e-mail Carin Bigley (carin.bigley@gmail.com) by 9:00 p.m. with the required paperwork.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE – August 7, 2010
All art pieces must be brought to University of Dayton School of Law by 7:00 p.m.

CRITERIA
All pieces must be dry and in presentation form (e.g. hanging wires on the back; photography must be framed).
Artist may be asked to present a detailed drawing of configuration for submissions during the installation/placement of pieces at the exhibit.
Please keep in mind that guests include families and members of the professional community; submissions must be PG-13.
Art may NOT contain:
Political figures
Pornographic/vulgar/obscene material or other language, either implied or in print
Religious figures or altars
Anarchist/anti-government propaganda

Please e-mail Carin Bigley (carin.bigley@gmail.com) or Parker Fritz (artstudiofour@att.net) with any additional questions.

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JULY 23

Come!
The show will feature work from some NE1 peeps as well as many amazing local artists! Also live performances from some very lovely, talented people. Spoken word, poetry and music to tickle your inspiration. Sure to be a lovely evening.

Crumbs! Exhibition Opening.

Location: The Holy Biscuit (Opposite the Biscuit Factory)

Time: ‎6:00PM Saturday, July 23rd

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THE SHORT FILMS

 

	CINEMAROSA and the Queens Museum of Art, are pleased to present the Eight Annual LGBT Cultural Celebration QUEERIN’ QUEEENS. The event includes film screenings: “Cried Suicide” Dir. Lauren Palmigiano, “Go Go Reject” Dir. Michael J. Saul, “You Can’t Curry Love” Dir. Reid Waterer, “Mila Caos” and “Lua Verde” (Green Moon) Dir. Simon J. Paetau. QUEERIN’ QUEENS 2011 also includes the presentation of the play “Jackson Heights 3 AM” (Reading of excerpts), the poetry of spoken word artist Victor Tobar, and the performance of Travis Barr creator of Sunday Morning Mimosa as Anita M. Buffem. Music by local DJ Santos. FILM PROGRAM: Cried Suicide, Dir. Lauren Palmigiano, USA, 2010, 14 min Heartbroken over an ex-girlfriend, Jay (Nicol Paone) is desperate for attention and fakes a suicide attempt. When she returns home with her best friend Jen (Sarah Burns), she gets more than she bargained for from sympathetic friends in the form of tears, food, and even porn. Go Go Reject, Dir. Michael J. Saul, USA, 2010, 20 min Wholesome and eternally optimistic Daniel Ferguson yearns to leave his job at Yogurt World and fulfill his childhood dream of becoming the Jennifer Beals of male go-go dancing. His Flashdance fantasy runs smack into opposition from club promoters who are less interested in his dancing ability than they are the physical attributes of the more muscular dancers. With undaunted ingenuity Daniel turns his small frame into a huge success. Mila Caos, Dir. Simon J. Paetau, Germany-Cuba, 2011, 18 min Every weekend at an illegal drag show in a suburb of Havana, Sebasti·n, a 17 year old Cuban teenager, transforms into Mila Caos. He suffers from his mother’s indifference and dreams that one day she will see him on stage. You Can’t Curry Love, Dir. Reid Waterer, USA-India, 2009, 23 min A Bollywood-inspired romantic comedy where boy-meets-boy, east-meets-west love story! A handsome East Indian from London travels to India on business, falls for a local guy and discovers a country he only thought he knew. Lua Verde (Green Moon), Dir. Simon J. Paetau, USA-Brazil, 2011, 20 min Pedro Bordel, a video director, is on search for his transvestite protagonist. He finds himself tangled within contradictions of sexuality and representation. His characters take control and make him vulnerable as if penetrated by the lenses of his own camera.
	PERFORMANCES: Jackson Heights 3 AM (Reading of excerpts) Written by J. Stephen Brantley, performed by Ephraim Lopez and Neal Mayer. Directed by Ari Laura Kreith. Currently in development at Theatre 167 for production in 2012. Officer Jim Oliver just wanted a quiet night off with a nice guy and a decent glass of wine. Somehow he ended up at a noisy Roosevelt Avenue cantina with Pablo, a half-cocked drag queen with Shakiran aspirations. You can get anything in Jackson Heights at 3am. Even what you never knew you needed. The Jackson Heights 3AM Project is a multi-writer piece which will be performed in Jan 2012. Sunday Morning Mimosa Travis Barr is the co-creator of a beloved comedy troupe called Sunday Morning Mimosa! In it, Barr plays Anita M. Buffem, a botox lovin’ Italian American girl born in bred in Astoria, Queens. Anita got her first taste of success in show business after winning The Little Miss Italian League Pageant five years in a row as a child. In her young adult years, her accomplishments include: marrying her high school sweetheart, divorcing her high school sweetheart, and modeling sportswear for JC Penney. Anita later married her second husband, the very affluent Jewish gentleman, Mr. Buffem. Anita’s second marriage allows her the privilege of never working. Her hobbies include collecting diamonds and … that’s it. Anita has decided to return to her showgirl roots and performs a medley of musical numbers around New York City, from modern day hits to old standards. Anita’s newest dream is to one day headline and produce The Real Housewives of Astoria, Queens. Ask her to show you her already well rehearsed turn-to-camera. Anita M. Buffem and the rest of the gang of Sunday Morning Mimosa are taking New York City by storm! You can catch them every week at MiX Astoria, and at Vynl Chelsea. Victor Tobar is a Queer Latino andro transguy, writer, performer, activist, and arts educator. Born and raised in the Bronx, he now resides in Brooklyn, from where he composes letters to the ghosts of yearning and nostalgia. He’s been part of the NYC writing and performance scene for the past 12 years. In 2000he repped New York as part of the Brave New Voices Youth Slam team. He helped developed and mentor QQ&A, a creative writing workshop for Queer and Questioning youth with Urban Word NYC. As part of Mangos with Chili, he’s toured the northeast and Canada. His pieces weave tangible images, fantasy, and raw emotional footage in an attempt to portray life from the underneath of the city. He is currently proud and humbled to curate “Ruckus”, a monthly reading and performance series that features Queer and Trans artists of color, seeking to create community and visibility in the New York art scene.
	Following the screenings and performance presentations, join us in the celebration of June Pride with a party, light refreshments, and cocktails at the Unisphere Gallery of the museum. Music by invited guest local DJ Santos.
	CINEMAROSA was created as an independent initiative by filmmaker and artist, Hector Canonge. After its short run at a community house in Woodside, Queens, Canonge reached out to the Queens Museum of Art where CINEMAROSA has been hosted since 2005. After seven years of consecutive screenings, Canonge explains that “CINEMAROSA is as strong as ever because there is a need to provide this type of service for the Queer community of Queens and NYC at large.” The monthly free screening program has featured local, national and international filmmakers whose works best reflect the diversity of lives in experiences in the LGBT community. Canonge adds that “through CINEMAROSA and its hosting institution, the Queens Museum, it has been possible to create a safe LGBT cultural hub in Queens where audiences, artists, filmmakers, and representatives from other LGBT organizations come together and share their visions, views and ideas.” FREE ADMISSION but RSVP is recommended: info@cinemarosa.org
	Directions to QMA: #7 Flushing Trains from 42 Street or E, F, V, R Trains to 74th Street & Roosevelt Avenue, change for #7 Train (Flushing Bound). Exit at Willest Point/Citi Fields Stadium, walk in the direction of the park. Museum is located in front of the metal globe, the Unisphere.