Hey everyone,

1) Reminder that The Curse is happening THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, June 21st, at 10 pm! Read below to be dazzled by the array of guests we'll be featuring at Dixon Place, broadcast live over web radio with Cupcake Broadcast Studios (listen live at Cupcake Radio). We also take live callers! number is below... This is a monthly series starting this Saturday, and your support would mean a lot to me. Within the next 6 months, we plan on touring it to other cities featuring their local performers, continuing to stream live on the web. Please spread the word.

2) Also, I'll be performing at "I Think of You When I" presented in conjunction with Pink and Bent: Art of Queer Women, a show of visual art currently on view at Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation THURSDAY JUNE 19th from 7-9 pm. One night only. Information below The Curse info...
http://www.afterellen.com/people/2008/6/pinkandbent

Love,
Erin Colleen Therese Markey the First



Q: What does Michigan's most devoted husband and father do when he's driven away from NOT ONLY his sales manager position at Art Van Furniture, but from the entirety of the Mitten State because he's the only guy man enough to admit that he menstruates?
Where does he go?
Who will love him now?

A: YOU WILL.

Ladies and Jaunt-lemen, Harold "Hardy" Dardy has been forced into Big Apple citizenship, yes, but he's arrived with an open heart and open arms. It is up to us to fill that heart and those arms with our alms. Now an employee at Raymour and Flanigan in East Harlem, Hardy is building a new life for himself, and a foundation for his family's transition to New York City from Saginaw, MI. An entrepeneur by birth, always the creative salesman, and a pro at making lemonade out of cold, hard lemons, Hardy has created a monthly talk/variety show for the enjoyment of viewers and listeners alike. (also a radio show that web-streams live on Cupcake Radio [www.cbs-fm.org]) The Curse is a benefit to raise money for the Dardy Family move! Hardy Dardy has been eyeing properties in his favorite neighborhood in New York City, Central Park, and he has designs on building a 4BR/ 2.5 Bath Ranch, w/ an EIK, gar, FP, a swingset and in-ground pool! The house is a surprise for Molly, his wife, and his chips off of the old block Penny, Sarah and Geoffrey, so, shhh, don't tell your friends in Saginaw!

He's met a whole bunch of folks in the big apple--folks with TALENT. And these big-city superstars are going to BLOW YOU AWAY. If you're a fan of the Late Show, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Sigfried and Roy, and This Old House, look no further--The Curse has it all. Magic, Jokes, Stars, Talking Recliners, and Plenty of Tools! Hardy will bring (what else?!) his own jokes and magic tricks INCLUDING the old finger trick, his special beer-battered bratwurst grilled LIVE, cupcakes, and his cast of thousands!

THE CURSE with Hardy Dardy
Conceived and written by Erin Markey
A collaboration with Cupcake Broadcast Studios
Set Design by Bryan Heyboer and Erin Markey

June 21, July 19, August 16 @ 10pm
Dixon Place
258 Bowery
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012
BDFV to Broadway-Lafayette, FV to Second Avenue, JMZ to Bowery, NRW to Prince, 6 to Spring

For tickets:
(he's a sell-out kinda guy, so i'd buy in advance if I were you.)
$15 general admission/ $12 students and seniors
(212) 219-0736
www.dixonplace.org

To Call In LIVE:
646-810-8636
www.cbs-fm.org

Saturday, June 21st at 10pm
Kickoff: Superbowl in June! Sponsored by: Potato Chips

Palmyra--Indie-Pop Band releasing their newest and, lucky for us, first album-- Mis En Scene!
Desiree Burch--Comedian, VH1 Personality and Hysterical Festival Founder!
Eli Manning--Superbowl XLII MVP!
Becky O' Connor--Youtube Sensation and the 2009 American Idol!
Erin Markey--"The Larry Flynt of Avant-Cabaret"
Erin Markey 60 Years From Now--"The Hardy Dardy of Avant-Cabaret"
Neeno!-- seh culnen gehny bennah!
Molly Dardy--Loving Wife and Mother of Three!








AND FINALLY





Thursday, June 19th, 7-9pm
I think of you when I is a one-night-only program of diverse performances by, for, and about queer women from the disciplines of performance art, theater, dance, film and video. These short pieces span the breadth and explore the depth of queer experience in both subtle and overt ways. Some artists are drag kings, some are lesbian icons, some are superheroes, some are two-dimensional, some are not women. The night will be emceed by Murray Hill and drag king, Dred!
Artists include: J. Bob Alotta, Lily Baldwin, Susana Cook, J. Dellecave, Dynasty Handbag, Erin Markey, Tara Mateik, Sofia Varino and The Hungry Hearts and Yalinidream.


I think of you when I is a presented in conjunction with Pink & Bent: Art of Queer Women, a show of visual art currently on view at Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation.

Opening reception at 6:30.
Show starts at 7.
$8 suggested donation for the performers at the door (no turned away).
Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation
26 Wooster St. (Grand & Canal), NYC
(www.leslielohman.org)