FALL 2023 OPENING NIGHT - HOSTED BY CRACKHEAD BARNEY AND FRIENDS!!
We’re kicking off our Fall 2023 season with a night of pure chaos trash maximalism. The notorious Crackhead Barney will present a variety of performances by Brei Frei, MangoWorld, and Jacob Cohen, Contessa Stuto, as well as a debut screening of her VICE documentary.
Show starts at 8. Tickets sold at door and online.
ABOUT CRACKHEAD BARNEY
“Crackhead Barney is an anomaly, a coward, a harlot, a whore, and a sidepiece! She or he doesn’t know what the fuck she is doing half the fucking time and you know it and I know it! Shit writing this right here just proves it! But who Gives a FUCK! You don’t give a fuck! I don’t give a FUCK and neither do you! I just flailing my Ass, pUSSY, and Tits around because they are big enough to be in everybody’s faces?
Crackheadbarney is not a performer, not a loud mouth, not a provocateur, is bad with words and has no business performing in the streets of NYC!” - CHB
PERFORMERS
BREI FREI
Bronx native BriFrei is a performative creator driven by spiritual expansion. Her art is often used as a vehicle to transport individuals to a destination of ‘no limitations’ challenging ones current or past views of societal norms. BriFrei uses their performance art practice as a means to maintain physical spiritual and mental health. Her whimsical & tragic acts take the witness on a wild yet healing trip.
CONTESSA STUTO
Contessa Stuto is an American artist, musician, and performer. She is based in Brooklyn, New York. Stuto is the founding member of Cunt Mafia, a queer feminist art collective, as well as an indelible figure of Brooklyn’s underground nightlife scene. Stuto is a self-described “extreme feminist” and an advocate of female empowerment. Her music is one of a kind and unique alternative music mixed with hip-hop. She is a pioneer of Trap Metal as well.
MANGODOG
Mangodog is an artist/producer currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Originally from Florida and raised in Trinidad, his years of time playing in bands over the years and studying sound has helped him to be fully self-produced. He draws inspiration from post punk, rap, hardcore, and jazz to carefully craft a unique sound based on energy.
JACOB COHEN
Jacob Cohen is a Brooklyn based experimental cellist and visual artist. From 2011–2016 he earned a living performing in the New York City subways, developing a unique style that has grown out of a frustration with traditional cello music and a complementary love of improvisation and performance. In 2014 he won the Transform Today contest sponsored by Absolut Vodka, which led to the creation of Cello Without Walls, in which he has been performing and conducting music and art workshops in prisons and jails throughout the northeastern United States. In 2015 Cello Without Walls was sponsored by Friends of Island Academy, a non-profit organization based in Harlem that provides services to young adults incarcerated on Rikers Island as well as transitional services upon their release, and was awarded a grant from the Vogler Foundation to create a music program for youth at Rikers Island’s Robert N. Davoren Complex. In 2016 Cello Without Walls was awarded funding from the Department of Corrections to expand into the George Motchen Detention Center for young adults and the Rose M. Singer Center for women. In addition to playing music with the participants he began sketching the daily lives of the people incarcerated on Rikers Island awaiting trial. The style of drawing quickly began to develop and the drawings became popular and sought after within the jail. He continues to work with youth at Rikers Island and runs a free recording studio in Harlem for those returning to the community.