With DOMA in the balance, Ailey dancers Douthit and Boyd were wed

As the Supreme Court prepared its now-historic ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), MSNBC's The Grio reported on the same-sex wedding of two dancers from the world-famous Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater:

Alvin Ailey dancers Antonio Douthit and Kirven Boyd marry as DOMA is deliberated by Supreme Court

by Demetria Irwin, The Grio/MSNBC, June 25, 2013

Walk proud!

HAPPY PRIDE WEEKEND!

Have a wonderful LGBTQ Pride Weekend, everyone! 

While we still have much work to do here and around the world, we can take this moment to savor a sweet victory. 

Be safe, strong, united, joyful!

DC Comics anthology artist quits in protest

Artist Quits Superman Project After Outcry Over Writer’s Marriage Views
by George Gene Gustines, The New York Times, March 6, 2013

Vandenbroucke asks "Can marriage be creative?"

Can Marriage be Creative?
Screening and discussion with Aynsley Vandenbroucke

MovieHouse @ 3rd Ward

Sunday, November 13

7pm doors and food
8pm screening

$5 suggested donation 

For the first time, Kinetic Cinema will be presented by MovieHouse at 3rd Ward, a screening series that presents the very best in local filmmaking amidst cool beats, drinks, snacks and creative conversation.

For MovieHouse, choreographer and dance critic Aynsley Vandenbroucke will present a program that explores the institution of marriage both in light of the recent fights and victories for gay marriage, and her personal quest for creative models of partnership that celebrate individuality while providing true, long-lasting support. In this evening of Kinetic Cinema, we'll look at questions of marriage as explored in a number of films. We'll discuss and debate them, and the dialogue that ensues will be recorded and used to form the foundation for a new performance piece Vandenbroucke is making surrounding these questions.

Aynsley Vandenbroucke's work has been hailed as "meticulously distilled" by the New York Press and deemed akin to "attending a service in an unfamiliar house of worship, ritualistic, meditative" by The New York Times.

3rd Ward
195 Morgan Ave, Brooklyn (map)

718.715.4961

events@3rdward.com

Learn more about Kinetic Cinema here.

For my beloved fellow New Yorkers...

...getting married tomorrow: a classic love song for you!

You're just too much

and just too very very

to ever be in Webster's Dictionary.

And so I'm borrowing

a love song from the birds

to tell you that you're marvelous,

too marvelous for words!
(Johnny Mercer)

Have a beautiful day, everyone! Congratulations and best wishes!

Love,
Eva

Celebrating marriage equality

Come celebrate Marriage Equality 

with great music from

Isle of Klezbos and Nedra Johnson

at 92YTribeca

Tuesday, July 26 (8pm)

Glitter valentine, East Village (c)2011, Eva Yaa Asantewaa

  

Isle of Klezbos, the soulful, fun-loving powerhouse klezmer sextet makes its 92YTribeca debut to help celebrate marriage equality (the city starts giving out licenses to ALL starting Jul 24, people). This band approaches tradition with irreverence as well as respect. Based in New York City, they have toured from Vienna to Vancouver with a repertoire that ranges from rambunctious to entrancing: neo-traditional folk dance, mystical melodies, Yiddish swing, retro tango, late Soviet-era Jewish drinking songs, re-grooved standards and genre-defying originals.

Nedra Johnson is a singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist born and living in New York City. Her unique style of guitar playing is unmistakably informed by her many years as a professional bassist, and keeps her live solo acoustic performances on more of an R&B tip than what one might expect of a "girl with a guitar." Johnson plays with a joyful mix of funk, rock and gospel.

Complete information and ticketing 

92YTribeca
200 Hudson Street (south of Canal Street)
(map and directions)

I love New York!

Thank you, Governor Andrew Cuomo. 

Thank you, State Senator Tom Duane. 

Thank you, all state senators of good conscience. 

Thank you, fierce activists, and thank you, straight allies. 

Thank you, New York!

What a Pride Weekend this is.

What a great example for our nation and for the world.

And to those couples who will be marrying in New York State, I wish you all the blessings you can hold. You do us proud.