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All words: Robert Winship
At Friday night’s Whedonism II event, the Evil League of Ecdysiasts commanded not one, but two sold out shows. Black Cat backstage was stuffed generously with fans who were tantalized with irresponsible amounts of T&A.
Each of the many performers tapped the keg of Joss Whedon’s creative universe with soon-to-be-disrobed outfits from Firefly, Serenity, Buffy, Angel, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog, and Cabin In The Woods. The fan participation in the form of a costume contest was not heavily stacked, but a girl in a particularly stunning Captain America costume took home the win over a drunk Tony Stark and a slighted Willow.
The best Whedon callback and oft-canonized genius was “I’ll Never Tell.” The song originally appeared in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode, “Once More with Feeling,” and was performed Friday by musical guest Harry Como and Cherokee Rose. Harry, as Xander, kicked up the weird a few notches along with Cherokee as Anya.
PSA:
Murder House Party is sadly already SOLD OUT
check out our upcoming
FOUND IN SPACE after hours event
at the National Air & Space Museum instead
SAAM + BYT Present: Murder House Party A Renwick Gallery Murder is Her Hobby Opening! A murdery after hours featuring exclusive access to the BRAND NEW exhibition Murder is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death!
Frances Glessner Lee crafted her exquisitely detailed miniature crime scenes to train homicide investigators to “convict the guilty, clear the innocent, and find the truth in a nutshell.” These dollhouse-sized diorama composites of true crime scenes were the equivalent of virtual reality in their time, and helped to revolutionize the emerging field of forensic science. Constructed in the 1940s and 50s, they are still used to train homicide investigators today.
Enjoy bloody good beatz from:
Madame Gandhi (DJ Set)
Barber Streisand (DJ Set)
and more TBA!
Ticket includes open bar, featuring:
Beer from Denizens Brewing Co. and speciality cocktails featuring SKYY Vodka by:
Big Chief / Highline
+PLUS+
limited qty small bites from our friends at:
Franklin Hall
+CREEPY BONUS STUFF+
Face painter / OM Digital Photobooth / Caricature Artist / Special Appearance by the #BYQueens / Tarot Card Reader / Music Perfomances / Contortionist and more!
Plus access to the entire museum including the new exhibition
Rick Araluce: The Final Stop
Transforming a gallery into an abandoned underground subway platform in the artist’s first large-scale installation on the East Coast. Stepping on to the platform, visitors are enveloped in the illusion of an eerie subterranean world where flickering lights and distant rumblings suggest the comings and goings of trains that never arrive.
COOL.
Croosh Deets
October 20th, 2017 8:30pm-12:00am
Renwick Gallery
Pennsylvania Avenue @ 17th St NW
Farragut West or North
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Early bird $55 tickets ON SALE NOW
Price goes up soon
$65 day of - but we'll for sure sell out before then!
This is a 21+ event
As always, there is no dress code, but we recommend:
Kid n' Child's Play / Cereal Killer / Jack the Ripper? I hardly knew her / Sherlock Holmes/Katie Holmes / The Zodiac Killer / The Chinese New Year Killer / The Tarot Card Killer / The Light as a feather stiff as a board killer / Jeffrey Dahmer Judi Dench / BTK / OMG / LOL / The Son of Samwell Tarly / Charles Manson in Charge / Death, The Destroyer of Worlds / Bloody Mary (the person) / Bloody Mary (the drink) / Vlad the Tame Impaler / Ivan the Everything's Terrible / Elizabeth Bathory/Elizabeth Showery / Baron Munchausen by Proxy
Our friends:
SKYY Vodka / Denizen's/ OM Digital / Jackson Pro Audio
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Brought to you by:
BYT Productions / Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Look how much fun we had last time:
Just like any other ticket you buy, we are not able to issue refunds unless the event is cancelled.
Talent and attractions subject to change.
Though, for all the pasties and panache, the show was held together by its hosts and dancers Cherie Sweetbottom and GiGi Holliday, who never skipped a beat in jokes or performance. And to that end, this show was a bittersweet reminder of the loss of Red Palace/Palace of Wonders, once home to D.C.’s greatest variety work. If we can’t keep a permanent home to the marriage of burlesque and fanboy cultures, truly we have abandoned the America our founding fathers intended.
