OP.LYNX Past Events: 2008
Women's Night @ NewFest
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Co-sponsored by OP.LYNX
Thanks to all who attended! Women's Night
at NewFest was hosted by Lesli Klainberg,
(in middle photo below, bottom row, second from right) producer/director and acting Executive Director for NewFest, and other
prominent filmmakers at the new home for NewFest in the SVA theatre and
in Logo Lounge, the premier spot to connect with fellow attendees,
actors, filmmakers and industry reps. We were treated to pre- and post-film receptions and the delightful "The Baby Formula" a mocu-mentary about lesbian baby-making.
Photos from the event:
As
one of New York City's premier LGBT arts organizations for over twenty
years, NewFest empowers, educates, entertains, and provokes the
culturally rich and diverse communities of the greater metropolitan
region. Through its annual film festival and year-round programming,
NewFest showcases international, US, and local filmmakers and fosters a
greater sense of awareness and community LGBT-friendly audiences.
All event photos Copyright 2009 Twilla Duncan.
Women's Night: Shaken & Stirred
Leo Bar at Asia Society & Museum
Friday, May 15, 2009
Asia Society & Museum was our most gracious host for Women's Night at Leo Bar Networking Mixer. A record turnout of over 550 women of every ethnicity, profession, interest and style attended this twice-per-year Asia Society women's mixer. Many thanks to David Reid and Victor Abud Hall of the Museum, as well as to our Co-Sponsors, Astraea and Q-Wave.
Photos from the event:
Astraea is a dynamic global foundation providing critically needed financial support to lesbian-led, trans, LGBTI and progressive organizations. Separated by continents, language and culture, Astraea grantees are seizing opportunities, and laying the groundwork necessary for women and LGBTI people to claim their human rights. Astraea staff, board, members and grantees all share a deep commitment to feminist principles, racial and economic justice and human rights.
Q-Wave is an organization for people of Asian Pacific-Islander descent who identify as lesbian, female bisexual, or transgendered and for anyone who is questioning her identity or sexual orientation. Q-Wave participates in outreach, cooperation with various organizations, and other projects.
For more information about Asia Society & Museum, visit them online at www.AsiaSociety.org.
Artwork Credit:
Attributed to Odawara Kano school
The Four Seasons (detail)
Japan
Muromachi (1392 - 1573) or Momoyama (1568 - 1615) period, mid- to late 16th century
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and light color on paper
Asia Society, New York: Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection
1979.216.1-2
All event photos Copyright 2009 Twilla Duncan.
Hello, New Jersey:
OP.LYNX is OUT in the Garden State
Friday, April 23, 2009
Women from throughout Central and Northern New Jersey (and even some traveling from the five boroughs) celebrated with OP.LYNX at our first event mixer at The Quays on Hoboken's picturesque waterfront, which boasts a stunning view of Manhattan. Everyone was excited to have an opportunity to meet new people and grow their contacts in New Jersey.
Additional venues are being explored for future events, so look for news on more women's networking mixers being held in New Jersey.
LBT Women's Mixer at Yale Club of NYC
Friday, April 3, 2009
Over 300 women enjoyed the elegant setting of the Yale Club, the great food and beverage spread and lots of mixing and mingling.
Many thanks to Natasha, Co-President of Yale GALA (www.yalegala.org), and her team for her hard work organizing the night!
Thank you to all the co-sponsors: Brown TBGALA, Columbia Pride, CUGALA (Cornell), DGALA (Dartmouth), Duke LAN, FSIX, HGLC (Harvard), LeGal (Lesbian & Gay Law Association of Greater New York), NUGALA (Northwestern University GALA), NYU's LGBT Office & Alumni, OP.LYNX, Penn GALA, Stanford Pride and FFR/Princeton BTGALA.
Event Photo:
Event photo Copyright 2009 Alina Wilczynski.
HERE'S TO THE LADIES:
A SALUTE TO GREAT LADIES IN SONG
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Swoon we did on our night out with Marieann Meringolo, who sang a truly personal, passionate tribute to divas we all know and love in her Women's History Month tribute, "Here's to the Ladies: A Salute to Great Ladies in Song".
It was an intimate and memorable evening with one of cabaret's most prominent performers -- and an out lesbian. Meringolo even came out into the crowd and seduced a few women in the audience with love songs, and told us heartfelt stories in between songs and medleys. She left us on our feet, cheering for more.
Sherri Rase of QonStage.com said it the best in this preview article! "The sort of community-building that OP.LYNX specializes in is the best way to make sure we sisters can do it for ourselves." Read the online article posted March 3, 2009.
Photos from the event:
For more info on Meringolo's recordings and upcoming shows, visit her online: www.MarieannMeringolo.com
LYNX LOUNGE / HOMO COMICUS VIII:
Girls Gone Hilarious!
Women's Night of Comedy
Thursday, February 5, 2009
The coldest night of the year, with wind chills in the minus, was no obstacle to our women's night of comedy, one of our favorite annual traditions. A crowd of almost 200 came ready to laugh and our talented roster of ladies of laughter delivered.
Sisterhood is powerfully funny when these deliriously wild and witty leading ladies of stand-up comedy took the stage, including Marga Gomez, Lisa Kaplan, Kate McKinnon, and Anne Neczypor. Hosted by high priestess of hilarity Becky Donahue.
Meet the players: Marga Gomez is one of America's first openly Queer comics seen on LOGO and Comedy Central. Lisa Kaplan is a veteran of LOL Tour: Lesbians of Laughter. Kate McKinnon is a cast member on "The Big Gay Sketch Show" on the LOGO Network. Anne Neczypor has been featured on "Hot Gay Comics" and was nominated for an NYC MAC award. Becky Donahue's TV appearances include Comedy Central's Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, Premium Blend, Shorties Watchin' Shorties and A&E's 15 Films about Madonna.
Photos from the event:
(top row, l to r) Emcee Becky Donahue, Lisa Kaplan, Kate McKinnon. (bottom row, l to r) Anne Neczypor and headliner Marga Gomez. All photos Copyright 2009 Alina Wilczynski.
Women's Night: Shaken & Stirred
Leo Bar at Asia Society & Museum
Friday, November 21, 2008
Hosted by Asia Society, OP.LYNX, FSIX, Astraea & Q-Wave
Asia Society was a most gracious host to OP.LYNX for Women's Night at Leo Bar Networking Mixer. A record turnout bundled up for the February-like night chill to join over 500 women! The most gratifying observation for all the partnering organizations has been just how consistently diverse in age, ethnicity, style, profession, interest and expression the attendees are at this twice-per-year Asia Society women's mixer. Join us for the next women's mixer scheduled for Spring 2009.
Leo or Leogryph, the symbol of Asia Society, is a fierce, mythical beast with the anatomy of a lion and a griffon. It is known as a figure of protection in Asia.
Founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Asia Society is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational organization that fosters communication and understanding between the Asia-Pacific region and the US.
Currently on view: Art and China's Revolution is a groundbreaking exhibition focused on three of China's most tumultuous and catastrophic decades, including the Cultural Revolution. Bringing together large-scale oil paintings, ink scroll paintings, artist sketchbooks, posters and objects from everyday life -- many seen for the first time in the United States -- the exhibition is a comprehensive, in-depth presentation of this historical period. Exhibition runs through January 11th.
For more information about Asia Society & Museum, visit them online at www.AsiaSociety.org.
Artwork Credit:
Tang Xiaohe (b. 1941).
Strive Forward in Wind and Tides. 1971.
Oil on canvas. 68 5/16 x 116 in.
Collection of T. Z. Chang.
Photo: Eddie C.Y. Lam, Image Art Studio.
Photos from the event:
(top row, l to r) Ashley Eiler and David Reid of Asia Society; a record turnout of over 500 women. (bottom row, l to r) FSIX Board Member Edward Soffer and Astraea Philanthropic Partnership Officer Alexandra Teizeira; Attendees Leslie Gevitz, Jennifer Bernheim and Huey-Min Chuang. All photos Copyright 2008 Alina Wilczynski.
Quarterly OP.LYNX & NewFest
Filmmaker Brunch Series
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Event Community Partner: Q-Wave
OP.LYNX, NewFest & Q-Wave presented the final QUARTERLY FILMMAKER BRUNCH SERIES of 2008.
Thank you to all who braved the rain and came from far and wide to give Filmmaker Alice Wu a truly warm reception! We had a standing-room only crowd, so extra thanks to those who chose to stand for the entirety of the feature film.
Winner of the CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) Screenwriting Award, SAVING FACE is a romantic comedy about a daughter struggling to understand her mother's heart, which ultimately allows her to understand her own. It is the story of unspoken loves, contemporary and cultural taboos, and the journey of two women towards living their lives honestly.
Following the screening, Filmmaker and NewFest Board Member Lesli Klainberg (pictured above, bottom row, right) engaged Alice Wu (pictured above, bottom row, middle) in some great storytelling about how Alice broke out of the world of computer science to make this film, epitaphs from what it was like to work with gifted actor Joan Chen and other great tidbits from the making-of process.
Alice Wu was born and raised in San Jose, California and is now based in NYC. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science at Stanford University. She directed the short film TRICK OR TREAT (2002) before directing her first feature, SAVING FACE (2004).
Lesli Klainberg is a producer and director of a wide variety of documentaries and specials for network and cable television and the owner of Orchard Films. Recent film projects include The Independent Film Channel mini-series, INDIE SEX, which explores different aspects of sexuality in cinema, FABULOUS! THE STORY OF QUEER CINEMA, which explores the history of American independent gay and lesbian cinema and IN THE COMPANY OF WOMEN, a documentary about women in independent film, which premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film festival.
NewFest is New York City's premier LGBT film organization. Through annual film festival and year-round programming, NewFest showcases international, US, and local film, video, and other media, fostering a greater sense of awareness and community among LGBT and LGBT-friendly audiences. www.newfest.org
Q-Wave is an organization for people of Asian Pacific-Islander descent who identify as lesbian, female bisexual, or transgendered and for anyone who is questioning her identity or sexual orientation. Q-Wave participates in outreach, cooperation with various organizations, and other projects. www.q-wave.org
Photos from the event:
(l to r) Alice Wu (top of photo, left) and Leslie Klainberg (top of photo, right) during the Q&A. OP Member and Q-Wave Organizer Mari Morimoto (left) with Alice Wu (right). All photos Copyright 2008 Alina Wilczynski.
Listen to a PODCAST of the Q&A with Alice Wu moderated by Lesli Klainberg. Click on the PODCAST icon above to be taken to our ITunes page or click on the link below to stream it in your browser.
LynxFilmBrunch0811.mp3
LYNX LOUNGE / HOMO COMICUS VII:
Girls Gone Hilarious!
Women's Night of Comedy
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Sisterhood is powerfully funny when wild and witty leading ladies of stand-up comedy take the stage. Sherry Davey, Jules Riley, Linda Smith, Jodi Wasserman and Nancy Witter kept us in tag-team giggles and high priestess of hilarity Marion Grodin was our hostess with all the mostess and more.
Photos from the event:
(Top row; l to r) Marion Grodin (NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," ABC's "The View" and Comedy Central); Sherry Davey (Nick At Nite's "Search for America's Funniest Mom II" and Comedy Central's "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn"); Nancy Witter (three time MAC Award winner, finalist on Nick at Nite's "The Funniest Mom in America", Toyota Comedy Festival veteran). (Middle row; l to r) Linda Smith (comedy writer for "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" and "VH-1 Critical Comedy"); Jodi Wasserman (Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and BET's "Comic View"); Jules Riley (Lesbians of Laughter (LOL) Tour). (Bottom row; l to r) OP Member Kathy Roake with Marion Grodin, Sherry Davey and Jules Riley.
2nd Annual
Fall Women's Networking Event @ Eden
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
OP.LYNX teamed up with JPMorganChase PRIDE and FSIX NY once again for the 2nd Annual Fall Women's Networking Event @ Eden.
Swiftly becoming the most well-attended and highly-successful networking event in Manhattan for women, the Fall Women's Networking Event was a capacity crowd at over 400.
Participating organizations included:
MetLife GLBT Marketing Advisory Council
Lambda Legal Education & Defense Fund
A Different Kind of Ladies' Night
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
AXA Equitable
Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgender Law Association (LeGAL)
Merrill Lynch
UBS
Quarterly OP.LYNX & NewFest
Filmmaker Brunch Series
Saturday, August 9, 2008
OP.LYNX presented the third in our QUARTERLY FILMMAKER BRUNCH SERIES for 2008. It was a sunny, more-like-early-June August afternoon and the open deck was the perfect setting for a casual get-together.
We presented a wildly diverse selection of lesbian shorts from talented local and international filmmakers -- from the sweet sentiment of Erin Greenwell's Overnight Book to Swedish filmmaker Mandra Waback's moving short Doors and Christy Wegener's sharp Long Ago, to the rough and raucous riff raff of Katrina del Mar's Surf Gang and Leah Meyerhoff's Eternal Flame (see filmmaker bios and film synopsis below). Robin Pickering, guitarist from the band Triple Creme brought us their latest music video as a late addition to the program.
The Q&A, which was moderated by Kerry Weldon, Filmmaker and Administrative Director of NewFest, was an open, first-hand account of the state of independent filmmaking for women, specifically lesbians.
About the Filmmakers & Films:
Erin Greenwell graduated with a BFA in screenwriting from Tisch School of the Arts (NYU) and recently received an MFA in Writing and Directing Fiction through City College's Media Arts Program. Erin formed Smithy Productions, a production company, with the aim to house various talents from the lesbian/independent art community under the umbrella of narrative/documentary storytelling. OVERNIGHT BOOK is about a passionate teenage misfit, Mary, and a washed up adult writer, Bobby, who meet in a dingy diner over Christmas break. Drawn to a younger version of himself, Bobby will help Mary craft her James Joyce proposal in an ambling journey through "Any Town", USA. It is this night Mary will find new courage and Bobby will write his overnight book.
Mandra Waback was born in 1970 in Stockholm, Sweden. She graduated from the Swedish School of Photography in 1989 and immediately moved on to the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. In 1997 she got selected to the Dutch Film and Television Academy, where she graduated in 2001 as a film director. Mandra is currently mixing various disciplines in her work, both as a visual artist and as a film director. DOORS is centered around a hallway in an anonymous, worn-out building with two doors opposite each other. A young girl and a woman, both lonely and needy. But who is dependent of who?
Christy Wegener is a writer, director, and producer. Her most recent short film was acquired by MTV Networks and has screened at more than 40 film festivals worldwide. She earned a Masters of Arts degree in screenwriting from the University of Southern California and is the recipient of a film grant from the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences. Christy is finishing a feature-length script with plans to go into production in the summer of 2009. LONG AGO is about a hairstyle that won't go away that mirrors the difficulty of moving on after a
romance has ended.
Leah Meyerhoff was born in San Francisco. She graduated with Honors from Brown University with a Bachelor's degree in Art-Semiotics. She spent the following year studying film at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she also taught at the undergraduate level and founded an art gallery. Leah is currently studying on a full scholarship at NYU, where she is pursuing a Master's degree in Film. Leah has also completed several music videos and is currently in pre-production on her first feature film UNICORNS, a Sundance Lab finalist executive produced by Allison Anders (GAS FOOD LODGING). ETERNAL FLAME welcomes you to a world where mermaids dance with octopi, fire breathers rule the night, and the Statue of Liberty knows how to sing. Girls are buried up to their necks in sand while boys do back flips and dazzle dancers perform in a puppet show without strings.
Katrina del Mar is an art and commercial photographer whose work is variously described as being beautiful, luscious, romantic and stylistically eclectic. From rock stars to ordinary kids; punk rockers to equestrians, on location or in the studio, her work transcends the ordinary. Katrina jumped into moving pictures in 99 with Super 8 short film Gang Girls 2000, inviting comparisons to the legendary Kenneth Anger. SURF GANG is a 20 minute experimental narrative film about the turf war that erupts when a gang of tough surfer girls travel out of their home territory of working class Rockaway Beach and arrive in the luxurious Hamptons. Katrina received a Fellowship in Video from the New York Foundation for the Arts for her work on this film.
Photos from the event:
(l to r) Kerry Weldon, Admin Dir of NewFest, moderating a Q&A with Filmmaker Erin Greenwell, downtown subculture photographer Katrina del Mar, Director Leah Meyerhoff and guitarist from the bands Triple Creme and Luffs, Robin Pickering. A clip from Leah Meyerhoff's ETERNAL FLAME and a clip from Katrina del Mar's SURF GANG. Photos Copyright 2008 Alina Wilczynski. Film Clips Copyright of the Filmmakers.
Listen to a PODCAST of the Q&A with the Filmmakers moderated by Kerry Weldon. Click on the PODCAST icon above to be taken to our ITunes page or click on the link below to stream it in your browser.
LynxFilmBrunch0808.mp3
For more information on NewFest: www.newfest.org
Hosted by: Cattyshack
LYNX LOUNGE / HOMO COMICUS VI:
Girls Gone Hilarious for Pride!
Women's Night of Comedy
Thursday, June 26, 2008
LYNX LOUNGE / Homo Comicus: Girls Gone Hilarious! VI was yet another wildly successful near sold-out event! We had a good many women who were visiting for Pride weekend, as well as many LYNXers who have made this event a 'must' on their laugh-therapy calendar.
The special PRIDE MONTH edition of Girls Gone Hilarious featured: (pictured above left to right) Judy Gold, Michele Balan, Sandra Valls and Emcee Poppi Kramer.
Judy Gold: The Aristocrats, HBO's Sex & the City, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, VH-1 All Access, Comedy Central, Tonight Show with Jay Leno and author and star of "25 Questions for a Jewish Mother." Michele Balan: Finalist on NBC's last Comic Standing (and the last woman standing), Comedy Central, Logo, Comics Unleashed, Underground Comedy Fest and Kings and Queens of Comedy. Sandra Valls: Laugh Factory, The Comedy Store, Hollywood Improv, London's Comedy Camp, Showtime's "Latin Divas of Comedy," Comics Unleashed and HBO Comedy Festival. Poppi Kramer: Comedy Central VH-1, NBC's "Biggest Loser" and movies "Dummy" and "Slippery Slope."
Photos from the event:
(Top to bottom, left to right) Emcee Poppi Kramer told us the inside scoop on being a contestant on The Biggest Loser. We learned about Sandra Valls' aversion to lesbians with cats. Michele Balan, in good form, had us crying with laughter. We couldn't get enough of Judy Gold's Jewish mother escapades. The 95% all-women and near-sell-out crowd got their fill of lesbian pride. Post-show snapshots with Judy Gold and Poppi Kramer. Homo Comicus Director Bob Montgomery with Michelle Balan and Sandra Valls.
Photo credit: Copyright 2008 Alina Wilczynski
Women's Night: Shaken & Stirred
Leo Bar at Asia Society & Museum
Friday, May 16, 2008
Hosted by Asia Society, OP.LYNX & FSIX
Women's Night at Leo Bar, Asia Society & Museum has become a bi-annual favorite for OP.LYNX and our friends at FSIX, as well as our colleagues at Asia Society. Over 350 women braved the rain to enjoy an elegant mixer with women of like-mind. The museum tours were each filled to capacity, taking in the current exhibit: The Shape of Things: Chinese and Japanese Art from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, 3rd Collection.
Our fun question for the evening was "What is your favorite lesbian film or TV show -- or favorite "fanatasy" lesbian film/TV show (ex: Charlie's Angels)?" An unexpected delight, is that most of us went home with a list of movies to add to our Netflix que.
Thank you David Reid and Ashley Eiler of Asia Society for making us feel at home.
Photo from the event:
Asia Society & Museum is located at 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street.
Visit the Asia Society & Museum on the web at www.AsiaSociety.org
Photo credit:
Food Vessel: Gui
China, reportedly found in Shandong Province
Eastern Zhou period (770-256 BCE), about 6th century BCE
Bronze
H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm) including cover; W. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm) across handles
Asia Society, NY: Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, 1979.103a, b
Annual Queer Media and Entertainment Conference (Q-Me Con) Women's Summit
May 9 - 11, 2008
Pictured above: Q-Me Con producers, Sandra Madson (left) and Jennifer Howd (right) with Keynote Speaker Rose Troche (middle), director of The L Word. A Town Hall discussion ended the day in discussion about the future of lesbian media.
HEATHER MATARAZZO, ROSE TROCHE, ANGEL BROWN, BARBARA HAMMER, SARAH WARN, MEREDITH KADLEC, MICHELLE KRISTEL, AMY LESSER, KATHERINE LINTON, SHELLY WEISS, KERRY WELDON, OTHER PROMINENT ACTRESSES, BLOGGERS, JOURNALISTS, ENTERTAINMENT EXECS PARTICIPATED
Q-Me Con premiered in NYC in April 2006 and is the first-ever multi-day conference specifically designed for queer industry professionals working in, or looking to break into the media and entertainment business arenas.
The Q-Me Con (NYC) 2008 Women's Summit is a weekend-long forum featuring engaging seminars and networking events with the intention to empower queer women seeking to network and educate themselves in how to get their authentic, diverse voices and images OUT into the massive media-sphere.
A packed crowd enjoyed a wide array of informative seminars, ranging from Q&A panels with queer, female producers, directors, writers, bloggers, actresses, journalists, musicians and film, TV and theatre and entertainment executives to in-depth forums and interactive workshops delving into the "ins & outs" of financing, pitching, marketing and distributing female-centric content.
OP.LYNX Co-founding Board Member, Alina Wilczynski was a panelist for "The Art of Networking & The Craft of Building Creative Teams", among several other OP Members.
Endless Thank You's to Q-Me Con founders Jennifer Howd, John Baez and to Sandra Madson, this year's event co-chair. Volunteers, of course, were the force behind the sheer volume of logistical details, we thank the many that signed on to make this conference a success. We can't wait until next year!
Event photos: Copyright 2008 Marylou Stewart.
Quarterly OP.LYNX & NewFest
Filmmaker Brunch Series
In collaboration with Q-Me Con & Queer Black Cinema
Lesbian Webisodes: New Wave Storytelling
meets Multi-Platform Marketing
Sunday, May 11, 2008
OP.LYNX & NewFest presented the second in our QUARTERLY FILMMAKER BRUNCH SERIES for 2008. This month, a very exciting collaborative team came together -- OP.LYNX, NewFest, Punkmouse, Queer Black Cinemas & Afterellen.com -- in presenting this event as an official program of Q-Me Con 2008 (Queer Media & Entertainment Conference).
The sold out event was a nice mix of locals and visitors from as far away as Toronto, who were in town for Q-Me Con. Brunch was an all-out feast with enough variety to please both the carnivores and vegetarians, coffee fiends and tea drinkers. It was a beautiful sunny day for chillin' on the top floor outdoor deck.
LESBIAN WEBISODES: New Wave Storytelling meets Multi-Platform Marketing focused on the unchartered territory of Webisodes. We screened webisodes from award-winning filmmakers Angela Robinson (The L Word, D.E.B.S., Girl Trash), Debra Wilson (First Take) and writer/comedian Rebecca Drysdale (The Time Traveling Lesbian). Plus, the winners of the Q-Me Con 2008 Women's Summit & AfterEllen.com Webisode Contest.
AfterEllen's Sarah Warn, along with Filmmaker Rebecca Drysdale joined us for an indepth Q&A, which was moderated by NewFest Administrative Director, Kerry Weldon. Angela Robinson and Debra Wilson joined the Q&A via video conferencing from the West Coast.
Webisodes of the participating filmmakers:
Angela Robinson: Girl Trash
www.ourchart.com (click on Girl Trash in the pull down menu)
Rebecca Drysdale: Time Traveling Lesbian
www.afterellen.com
Debra Wilson: First Take
www.jengotv.com (under Original Series, click on First Take)
Photos from the event:
(Top to Bottom) OP.LYNX Co-Founding Board Member Alina Wilczynski and NewFest Administrative Director Kerry Weldon introduce the filmmakers. Kerry Weldon with Filmmaker Rebecca Drysdale and AfterEllen Founder and Editor in Chief Sarah Warn. Filmmaker Debra Wilson joins the Q&A from California via video conference. Angela Robinson joins the Q&A from California via video conference.
Event photos: Copyright 2008 Marylou Stewart.
For more information on NewFest: www.newfest.org
For more information on Queer Black Cinema: www.queerblackcinema.org
Hosted by: Cattyshack
JPMorganChase PRIDE & FSIX NY 2nd Annual
Spring Women's Networking Event @ Eden
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
JPMorganChase PRIDE & FSIX NY brought you three of the most attended and highly successful women's networking events last year and partnered again to present the 2nd Annual Spring Women's Networking Event at Eden. We clearly took over the Lounge (below The Coffee Shop) and the Union Square Ballroom. Thank you to all who attended and thank you to the following organizations for participating:
Merrill Lynch
MetLife GLBT Marketing Advisory Council
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgender Law Association (LeGAL)
Deutsche Bank
NYU Stern OutClass
The Audre Lorde Project
Bain & Company
The Bridgespan Group
Accenture
Moody's
and others...
Thank you to Amy D. Huang and Cami Capasso for all your hard work!
OP/LYNX Night
@ BEEBO BRINKER CHRONICLES
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Thank you to all who joined the OP.LYNX Off-Broadway outing to BEEBO BRINKER CHRONICLES. It was great fun, and what a performance!
Whether you were one of those young budding lesbians who hid Ann Bannon's books from your parents or a youngin' and a newbie to the lesbian pulp fiction genre of the 1950s, the play adaptation of Beebo Brinker Chronicles has already become a piece of historical theater.
Fueled by sex and booze, BEEBO BRINKER CHRONICLES follows the lives and loves of four friends in 1950's Greenwich Village. The initial production sold out its entire run within days. Tony Award winner Lily Tomlin and her Emmy-winning collaborator and partner Jane Wagner joined the producing team for this run and already garnered a 2008 GLAAD Media Award in March -- just another indication of the stardust quality of this performance. See an interview with Lily and the Directors of Beebo on Good Morning America: www.abcnews.go.com
Many of us took a stroll over to the Post-Show Reception at the lovely HK Lounge and sampled from the appetizer menu. The women of HRC were also having a group outing and one of the Producers of Beebo Brinker joined us as well.
LYNX LOUNGE / HOMO COMICUS 5:
Girls Gone Hilarious!
Women's Night of Comedy
Thursday, April 3, 2008
LYNX LOUNGE / Homo Comicus: Girls Gone Hilarious! is officially a LYNX tradition! The night certainly did not disappoint.
This fabulous laughter-filled event featured headlining L.A.-based out comic Sabrina Matthews (pictured top row left) ("Comedy Central Presents Sabrina Matthews," semi-finalist on NBC's "Last Comic Standing" and starring role in the hit 2006 documentary "Laughing Matters...More!") in a rare NYC appearance.
Sherry Davey (top right) (Nick At Nite's "Search for America's Funniest Mom II" and Comedy Central's "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" and "Premium Blend") was irresistibly hilarious with her high volume Brittish accent and giggly humor. Gloria Bigelow (bottom row left) (MC of the NY Comedy Expo opening for the finalist of the National Laugh Across America Competition) left us wanting more. Veronica Mosey (VH1's "Boys Will Be Girls" & Featured Comedian on Lifetime's "Girls Behaving Badly") was all sassy sarcasm.
Jackie Monahan (top row middle) (LOL Tour) was our hostess and made us feel guilty for laughing at her very un-PC one-liners and kept us on a laugh track all night.
Photos from the event:
(Top to bottom, left to right) Gloria Bigelow left us wanting more. Jackie Monahan was our hostess, making us feel guilty for laughing at her very un-PC one-liners and kept us on a laugh track all night. Headlining was L.A.-based out comic Sabrina Matthews in a rare NYC appearance. Sherry Davey was irresistibly hilarious with her high volume Brittish accent and giggly humor. Veronica Mosey was all sassy sarcasm. Group Photo with OP.LYNX Board Member Twilla Duncan and Homo Comicus Director Bob Montgomery.
Photo credit: Copyright 2008 Alina Wilczynski
Leisurely with LYNX 2:
The Immigrant, Radical and Notorious
Women of Washington Square
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Thank you to all who joined us in celebrating Women's History Month with OP.LYNX and Manhattan Historian & OP Member Joyce Gold. We had a pleasant (though chilly) leisurely 2-hour walking tour through Washington Square and heard fascinating stories about the women who have lived there.
Perhaps in no other six blocks on earth have so many notable women lived and achieved for the last 150 years. Throughout the years, it has seen an unparalleled variety of women -- working class, gentry, radical, literary, academic, theatrical, convict, and immigrant. Eleanor Roosevelt, Edith Wharton, Louisa May Alcott, Lila Acheson Wallace, Paulette Goddard, Emily Roebling, Bella Abzug, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Ida Tarbell, Emily Post, and even the woman who invented the kewpie doll, all shared this famed New York neighborhood.
Joyce then joined the group for lunch as we warmed up with won ton soup and tea (for starters) at Wild Ginger, a wonderful Thai restaurant on Grove St (we highly recommend it!). Stay tuned for our next walking tour...
For more info on Joyce Gold and upcoming tours, visit www.nyctours.com
HIGHLIGHTS: (top row, left to right) Washington Square Park Arch; Joyce Gold in front of the row houses on Washington Sq North; (middle row, left to right) Roses on an annual memorial for the Triangle Factory Fire on Washington Sq East; Joyce and walkers in front of the residence of a famous female photographer, Diane Arbus; (bottom row, left to right) Joyce leading walkers near the Arch; Twilla Duncan asking a question in front of the former residence of Bella Abzug on 5th Ave at Washington Sq Pk.
All photos Copyright 2007 Marylou Stewart.
The Epicurean LYNX @ Chow Bar
Dining Social for Women
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Thank you to all who took a culinary excursion with us for our second sold out Epicurean LYNX Dining Social of 2008. The cuisine at Chow Bar is described as Asian: Southeast, Chinese & Southern/Soul, and the dishes -- served family style to the delight of each table -- did not disappoint. The atmosphere was warm and inviting, the mingling carried on in friendly fashion.
Chow Bar is located at 230 West 4th St at 10th St, just off of 7th Ave. See Map
Quarterly OP.LYNX & NewFest
Filmmaker Brunch Series
Saturday, February 9, 2008
NEW! Now you can listen to a PODCAST of the entire Q&A with Kerry Weldon and Leslie Klainberg. Click on the above PODCAST icon to be taken to our ITunes page where you can subscribe to OP Podcasts and listen to the Filmmaker Brunch.
OP.LYNX & NewFest presented the first in our QUARTERLY FILMMAKER BRUNCH SERIES for 2008. We had a full house, our largest turnout so far in the series.
Director/Producer Lesli Klainberg hosted the screening of IN THE COMPANY OF WOMEN. Celebrating women in independent film, the documentary focuses on innovative and diverse female directors, writers and actors who have challenged and transformed the portrayal of women on screen. IN THE COMPANY OF WOMEN explores women's views, sensibilities and concerns on screen and behind the scenes, and chronicles the story of the women who have participated in filmmaking outside of conventional Hollywood limitations.
On-camera interviews include: Allison Anders, Lisa Cholodenko (High Art), Patricia Clarkson, Jodie Foster, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kasi Lemmons, Rebecca Miller, Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don't Cry), Rosie Perez, Parker Posey, B. Ruby Rich, Susan Sarandon, Tilda Swinton, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei and more.
Klainberg is a award-winning producer and director of a wide variety of documentaries and specials for network and cable television, and is the owner of Orchard Films. Other film credits include producing the Sundance award-winning documentary "Paul Monette: Brink of Summer's End" about the influential deceased gay author of Becoming A Man, and directing/producing "Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema".
Continental Brunch included fresh bagels, muffins and pastries and a small selection of fruit, as well as coffee, OJ and $5 Bloody Marys and Pomegranate Mimosas. Next time we will have more variety and fewer carbs, thank you for your feedback. And thanks to Cattyshack for generously hosting us!
For more information on NewFest, visit www.newfest.org
Event photos: Copyright 2008 Marylou Stewart.
The Epicurean LYNX at Villa Mosconi
Dining Social for Women
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Thank you to all who took a culinary excursion to the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy for our first Epicurean LYNX Dining Social of 2008. Winter in the city means unhurried conversation and warm, hearty home-made cooking. The indoor garden was festive and warm, the service was gracious, the food of course was sumptuous and the atmosphere friendly and open. Overheard were a few spin-off social groups that already had plans to go golfing and play poker!
Special thanks to Vittoria Repetto for recommending Villa Mosconi and coordinating with the owners, and thanks to Dale Siegel for additional coordination.
Villa Mosconi is located at 69 MacDougal St. www.villamosconi.com
OP.LYNX Past Events: 2007
WOMEN'S NIGHT:
Leo Bar at Asia Society & Museum
Friday, November 16, 2007
Hosted by Asia Society, OP.LYNX & FSIX
Thank you to all who continue to make our favorite event a destination for women. Asia Society has become a home for OP/LYNX and we look forward to Women's Night for months. We made a new record attendance at 375. Thank you Asia Society and the women of FSIX.
Currently on view is "Zhang Huan: Altered States". This exhibition is the first ever museum retrospective of Zhang Huan, encompassing major works produced over the past 15 years in Beijing, New York, and Shanghai. Born in 1965 in Henan Province, China, Zhang Huan is best known for his controversial early works of performance art, most of which focus on physical endurance. The exhibition includes more than fifty works of photography, sculpture, and painting. Watch a New York Times podcast of Zhang Huan's work.
Asia Society & Museum is located at 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street.
Visit the Asia Society & Museum on the web at www.AsiaSociety.org
Photo Credit: Zhang Huan; Family Tree; 2000;
Color photograph of performance,
Amherst, New York; 21 1/2 x 16 3/4 inches;
Collection of Larry Warsh.
(c) Zhang Huan, courtesy of the artist.
Women on a Mission:
Lesbian Pioneers, Mavericks and Mavens in a Mastermind Session about Leadership
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Presented by LGBT-to-B Business Committee of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
Co-produced by OP.LYNX
There are way too many thank you's due than we have space to list here! Know that many wonderful individuals and organizations took part in the magic that was WOMEN ON A MISSION, and all very well appreciated.
Leaders representing private sector small business, non-profit, corporate diversity and politics came together to speak from their experiences and from their hearts in this inspiring and informative panel. And many community leaders were in the audience.
In the context of the LGBT Community, lesbians in positions of leadership are still very much in the minority compared to our gay male counterparts. Our panel address a number of key reasons why this is and the implications of this relative invisibility.
Panelists:
OP Member Stephanie Blackwood (pictured top row left) Founding Partner, Double Platinum; Associate Publisher & Vice President, The Advocate, 1991; Board Member, Astraea; Advisor to International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and Live Out Loud. Read more...
Ana Oliveira (top row middle) President and CEO, The New York Women's Foundation; Former Executive Director of GMHC; Profiled in Newsweek (2005) as "America's Best," about individuals using their extraordinary vision on behalf of others. Read more...
Judith Turkel (top row right) Partner, Turkel Forman & de la Vega LLP; Founding Board Member, LeGal; President of the Board of Directors, LGBT Community Center 1995-2000; Current Board Co-Chair of SAGE. Read more...
Cuc Vu (bottom row left) Chief Diversity Office, HRC; former Immigration Campaign Manager for the Service Employees International Union; U.S. Department of Labor; Board Member and volunteer for the National Immigration Forum, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance. Read more...
Moderated by Jennifer Brown (bottom row middle) (Metro NY Regional Council of Out & Equal). Read more...
Special Guest Host: Heather Matarazzo (bottom row right) (Out lesbian actor; Starring in LOGO's "Exes & Oh's", Film Debut: "Welcome to the Dollhouse").
The Reception afterwards was abuzz with continued discussion, resource sharing and gratitude for the energy that convened that evening. Our Special guest host Heather Matarazzo, our panelists and other community leaders in attendance convinced us that this event should continue as a series, and we agree.
The event was held at the amazing New World Stages. Comprising five state-of-the-art theaters, on two stories below street level, New World Stages is a subterranean industrial wonder, and sits on land formally occupied by the old Madison Square Garden. www.newworldstages.com
Video:
Watch a video of the program online by clicking on the image below.
Photos from the event:
Copyright 2008 Marylou Stewart.
Above photos courtesy of New World Stages.
Women on a Mission was featured in the April issue of Curve Magazine:
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Quarterly OP.LYNX Filmmaker Brunch Series
Sponsored by SUBARU
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Presented with NewFest
OP.LYNX presented the fourth in our QUARTERLY FILMMAKER BRUNCH SERIES for 2007.
We were very pleased to be screening the work of acclaimed director, Joyce Draganosky, including: THE SCIENCE OF LOVE, JARED, EXTREME MOM and HAPPENSTANCE.
Joyce Draganosky is an Emmy award-winning writer, director and filmmaker. Her films have been selected for dozens of top festivals worldwide and have won numerous awards. Recently, Joyce won the HBO Shout short film competition with her script, "Happenstance". Joyce's other award-winning films include "Jared" (Winner Grand Jury Prize at the Madrid Film Festival), "Extreme Mom" (Winner Best Film, Columbia Film Festival, Lifetime Network's Best Director) and "The Science of Love" (Winner Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant). "The Science of Love" now appears in an online exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image and premieres October 24th on LOGO's "The Click List - Best of Short Film." Joyce is currently in development on her first feature film. For more information on NewFest, visit www.newfest.org
Sponsored by
LYNX LOUNGE: Girls Gone Hilarious!
Women's Night of Comedy 4
Thursday, November 1, 2007
LYNX LOUNGE: Girls Gone Hilarious! has become a LYNX LOUNGE favorite! Thank you to all who were able to squeeze into the sold our 7:30pm show! Everyone on line for the second show got a sneak peak at what they could expect to look like like after an hour and a half of non-stop fun assault.
RACHEL FEINSTEIN (pictured 2nd row left) (from Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and "Fresh Faces of Funny" and the Montreal Comedy Festival) saved the day and filled in as our host after MARION GRODIN had to very suddenly cancel.
Our line-up of fabulously funny females included LISA KAPLAN (2nd row right) (LOL Tour: Lesbians of Laughter) and MIMI GONZALEZ (2nd row middle) (Producer of a weekly women's comedy show in LA, "Women with Balls"; Emcee for the 10th Annual Women's Event at Pier 60/Chelsea Piers to benefit the LGBT Center on Nov 3rd). Headliner, KATE CLINTON (above left) (too many appearances to list!) brought us up to date on the world news that is too true to print.
And once again, the LYNX LOUNGE pre-show mixer was a perfect way to start off the evening.
Gotham Comedy Club is located at 208 W 23rd Street (btwn 7 & 8th Aves).
Women's Summer Mixer
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Produced by FSIX & JPMorgan, Co-sponsored by OP.LYNX & LGBT Law Association of Greater New York
Another incredible night thanks to all who attended. Compliments to Kush for hosting us in their elegant space, and to all the participating promotional partners for getting the word out to the community. Stay tuned for future mixers...
NOTE: Apologies to all those who wandered for two blocks looking for 131 Chrystie. We listed the incorrect building number, but hopefully the crowd of women outside 191 Chrystie all evening was your beacon. In addition, the phrase "dancing upstairs and lounge below", which described the previous location, was not deleted as it should have been. Kush is a single floor space and there was not an inch of floor space to dance.
Visit KUSH online at www.kushlounge.com
Quarterly OP.LYNX Filmmaker Brunch Series
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Sponsored by Subaru, Presented with NewFest
Thank you to all who spent the afternoon with us at the QUARTERLY FILMMAKER BRUNCH. This was by far, our most well-attended film brunch, with a near capacity crowd. The diversity of programming was equally reflected in those who attended. Mohawks to floral dresses, film students to retired executives, and a few boys thrown into the mix made for a fun and engaging review of perspectives and expressions.
This month, we presented a collection of engaging, informative and funny shorts produced by, for and about women, including: Leah Meyerhoff's Team Queen is a gender-bending post-punk rock-n-roll prom dream; Laura Terruso's Castrato DiMatteo's Audition Tape is a queer take on an Italian-American family seen through the audition tape of an aspiring opera star; Love feels so foreign, until the day it decides to go fishing in Kelly Sebastian's a gIRL aND a gOLDFISH; in Black Men and Me, Michele Clarke explores her position as a Trinidadian dyke and her complex relationship with black masculinity; Lauryn Siegel brings us a short documentary on LGBT Homeless Youth; and Nyna Kennedy tantalized us her spoken word in "Verbal Sex: The Art of Nyna".
Sponsored by
The Epicurean LYNX at La Palapa
(Garden) Dining Social for Women
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Thank you to all who took a culinary excursion south of the border with us to La Palapa at the second Epicurean LYNX Dining Social. It was a beautiful evening after the monsoon rains of the day prior. We enjoyed the samplings so much, we all were drawn to inquire about each other's dishes, knowing that many of us will be back to work our way through the extensive menu.
In case you are also tempted...
The cuisine is designed to show off the regional glories of Mexico rather than the familiar one-dimensional margarita-fueled, heavy, fatty dishes of Tex-Mex. Owners, Barbara Sibley and Margaritte Malfy are devoted to the art of complex flavor combinations based on traditional Mexican ingredients like the pungent herb epazote, avocado leaves, cactus pads and, of course, the many varieties of chilies, each with its own expression of flavor and heat.
La Palapa (East) is located at 77 Saint Mark's Place (btwn 1 & 2nd Aves) www.lapalapa.com
THE ENGAGEMENT
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Many thanks to those who enjoyed a night with us at THE ENGAGEMENT. Keep a look out during the year for announcements of future showings.
The fanfare wedding ceremony won't take place without a hitch, including an interfering brother-in-law who is a closet homophobe; an older sister disillusioned with marriage; the ex-girlfriend who left one woman for a man but will stop at nothing to win her back; and the best friend, a straight girl with abandonment issues -- or is she? Add to the mix a "holy war" over gay marriage rights between relatives and guests after the rehearsal dinner and you have ... THE ENGAGEMENT, a classic love triangle -- with a twist.
For more info visit www.snatchoflife.com.
LEISURELY WITH LYNX: Walking Tour of
The East Village - Culture & Counterculture
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Thank you to all who decided to be a tourist for the day and take in some neighborhood history. The rain held off until the very end of our tour and we certainly got an encyclopedic account from Manhattan aficionado and history expert Joyce Gold.
Joyce Gold teaches New York history at New York University and the New School for Social Research. Joyce presented a visual tour of "THE IMMIGRANT, RADICAL, NOTORIOUS WOMEN OF WASHINGTON SQUARE" with OP at the Center to a near standing room only crowd in 2005. She leads a walking tour of this topic every March in celebration of Women's History Month. Leisurely with LYNX is already signed up! (www.nyctours.com)
HIGHLIGHTS: (top row, left to right) One of two sculptures depicting Native Americans at the St. Marks-on-the-Bowery Church (corner of 10th St & 2nd Ave) created by the same artist who designed Mt Rushmore; Mc Sorley's did not admit women, proudly stating "Good Ale, Raw Onions, and No Ladies" until 1970 (15 East 7th St); (bottom row, left to right) Joyce Gold beginning our tour in front of St. Marks-on-the-Bowery-Church, established 1795-99; facade on St. Mark's Pl btwn 2nd & 3rd Aves (next time you go for a walk, look up!); another landmarked facade, originally a German school of medicine, soon to become a luxury condo. All photos Copyright 2007 Alina Wilczynski.
SOHO ROOF-TOP PARTY & OFFICIAL WOMEN'S KICK-OFF to NewFest 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Presented with NewFest, The 19th Annual New York Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival (www.newfest.org)
Thank you to all who responded to our request to pray for good weather! We had a glorious evening on the rooftop of The Delancey overlooking the span of the Williamsburg Bridge. Thank you to everyone involved in the planning of the event and the volunteers. NewFest screens LGBT films all year long at BAM in Brooklyn and the Independent Film Center.
SYNERGY SERIES:
OP.LYNX Open Meeting of Minds 07
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Many thanks to all of you who brought your energy, wisdom and enthusiasm to our second Open Meeting of Minds for 2007!
Couldn't make it to the meeting, but still wish to get involved? Stay tuned to find out how to sign up for upcoming leadership and participation opportunities. Whether you can commit your leadership, your time and expertise, or simply your opinions and observation feedback, your input is immensely valuable to the group. We thank you in advance.
WOMEN'S NIGHT: Shaken & Stirred
Leo Bar at Asia Society & Museum
Friday, May 18, 2007
Hosted by Asia Society, OP.LYNX, FSIX & GO NYC Magazine
Thank you to all who braved the rain and joined a record attendance of well over 300 women. Asia Society has become a home for OP/LYNX and we look forward to Women's Night for months.
Many of you took in the guided tours of "Glass, Gilding, and Grand Design: Art of Sasanian Iran (224-642)", illustrating the splendor of the court arts of the Sasanian dynasty, which ruled the ancient Near East from the third through seventh centuries.
Visit the Asia Society & Museum on the web at www.AsiaSociety.org
Photo Credit (above right):
Bust of a king - Palace II of Kish
5th century
Stucco
H. 51.5 cm
Field Museum of Natural History, 236400A
Copyright The Field Museum, A109938c, Photography by Ron Testa
Quarterly OP.LYNX Filmmaker Brunch Series
Sneak Preview of LOGO's
New lesbian reality series, CURL GIRLS
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Presented with NewFest
Thank you to all who spent their Sunday (Mother's Day) afternoon among like-minded women at the QUARTERLY FILMMAKER BRUNCH SERIES. We previewed CURL GIRLS, a new reality series slated to air later this summer, which chronicles a summer of competition on the waves and life together on the shore.
Maureen Guthman, Vice President of Acquisitions and Co-productions for LOGO joined us in conversation with Kerry Weldon, Administrative Director of NewFest. Guthman generously answered questions from the audience and talked at great length about the intersection of storytelling and entertainment, in context with the under representation of lesbians in media. Whatever your opinion of what we've seen so far (hint, hint, The L Word), both Guthman and Weldon implore lesbian media-makers and media-makers-to-be to keep creating content - the avenues of acceptance and distribution are wide open!
Sponsored by
LYNX LOUNGE / HOMO COMICUS 3:
Girls Gone Hilarious! Women's Night of Comedy
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
LYNX LOUNGE / Homo Comicus 3: Girls Gone Hilarious! did not disappoint!
Host ERIN FOLEY (pictured above far right) did her homework and come prepared with jokes just for us LYNXers in the house. JACKIE MONAHAN (2nd from left) ended her show with three hysterical impressions and left us wanting more. JULIE GOLDMAN (2nd from right) is one of our hometown faves, of course, and her roller coaster of unpredictable rage followed by spontaneous girly-girl cute factor and Jewish mom impressions had us in tears. MICHELE BALAN (left) is a force of funny all her own and we love her quintessential NYC humor.
The LYNX LOUNGE pre-show mixer was just that, a mix of new faces and old friends of every style and story.
Visit HOMO COMICUS online at www.homocomicus.com
LYNX Goes Strictly Ballroom with OUTdancing
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Thank you to the wonderful group of women who joined us at OUTdancing! The Mixer in the "Studio Bistro" was a nice way for everyone to meet each other and have a touch of wine before heading to the dance floor. Ironically, it was those who expressed that they were the most nervous, who were the ones who stole the show and seemed to be teaching the class by the end of the evening (you know who you are)!
Simone had her hands full with two adjacent studios teaching us her Salsa moves. Ernesto charmed us all with East Coast Swing. By 9pm, a few brave and energetic souls stayed for Tango.
Visit OUTdancing at Stepping Out Studios online at www.steppingoutstudios.com
(click on OUTdancing under Programs & Rates).
Photos courtesy of Stepping Out Studios.
OP.LYNX LGBT Networking Mixer
American Folk Art Museum
Friday, April 20, 2007
Thank you to the wonderful mix of OP.LYNX members and friends who spent the early part of their Friday evening with us at the fabulous American Folk Art Museum. Tarrah Reynolds truly did fill the museum with her acoustic soul music. The nature of the tall layout of the museum allowed her music to travel to the highest floors. (www.myspace.com/misstarrah)
Some of you took in the free tour of current and ongoing exhibitions, including the works of Martin Ramirez (1895-1963), who created drawings of remarkable visual clarity and expressive power within the confines of DeWitt State Hospital in northern California, where he resided the last 15 years of his life.
American Folk Art Museum is located at 45 West 53rd St. Visit on the web at www.folkartmuseum.org
Photo Credit (above middle):
UNTITLED (Horse and Rider)
Martin Ramirez (1895-1963)
Auburn, California
c. 1948-1963
Crayon and pencil on pieced paper
33 3/4 x 23 1/2"
Collection of Jan Petry
Photo by William H. Bengtson, Chicago
The Epicurean LYNX @ GOBO
Dining Social for Women
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Thank you to all who came in out of the Noreaster to join us for EPICUREAN LYNX for a pleasant evening of networking, socializing and nurturing food. Additional thank you's to GOBO Restaurant, Food for the Five Senses and to Susan St. Peter for coordinating this event.
Epicurean LYNX Dining Social is designed to help the healthy gourmand navigate the diverse cuisines in New York City. Many among you have requested healthy dining options. GOBO, which means "root vegetable", is an intriguingly wonderful vegetarian restaurant serving exciting global cuisine. The atmosphere is stylish, comfortable and vibrant, making it the perfect place to share good food and drink while engaging in interesting conversation with other members.
Photos courtesy of GOBO.
OP.LYNX & WOMEN ABOUT Writer's Gathering
Saturday, April 14, 2007
OP.LYNX joined WOMEN ABOUT for a pleasant afternoon in Midwood, Brooklyn getting to know fellow writers. Ladies of the pen (and keyboard) turned out, including journalists, copywriters, editors, screenwriters, playwrights, poets and thinkers. Thank you to Carren Strock and Bernadette Janelle for being our generous hosts.
Quarterly OP.LYNX Filmmaker Brunch Series
Sunday, February 11, 2007
SCREENING: "IN GOOD CONSCIENCE"
POST-SCREENING Q&A with Director BARBARA RICK
Sponsored by Subaru. Presented with NewFest
OP.LYNX presented the first in our QUARTERLY FILMMAKER BRUNCH SERIES for 2007 sponsored by Subaru and presented in collaboration with NewFest, The New York Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.
In Barbara Rick's acclaimed documentary, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, a most unlikely and very funny rebel -- an American nun -- finds herself at the center of a human rights storm with leaders of one of the world's most revered institutions, the Roman Catholic Church. The film chronicles the true story of Sister Jeannine Gramick, who is defying a Vatican-issued ultimatum from both Cardinal Ratzinger and Pope John Paul II -- denounce homosexuality or lose everything.
Barbara Rick is president and founder of Out of The Blue Films, Inc., an independent documentary company dedicated to the creation of critically and commercially successful films that explore, articulate, and celebrate humanity. A Peabody and Emmy winning journalist/filmmaker for more than twenty years, Ms. Rick has produced, directed, and written a number of highly acclaimed films.
After the screening, the audience participated in a dialogue about issues presented in the film, and enjoyed asking Barbara Rick about how the story came together. We caught up on the status of Sister Jeanine Gramick's progress in her battle, and we encourage you to do the same. www.ingoodconscience.com
Sponsored by
Photo courtesy of Barbara Rick.
Women's February Fete
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Co-Hosted with JPMorgan Chase & FSIX
Hundreds filled Orchid Lounge for the first of many events to come from the partnership of OP.LYNX, the women of FSIX and JPMorgan Chase's PRIDE.
OP.LYNX Past Events: 2006
WOMEN'S NIGHT: Shaken & Stirred
Leo Bar at Asia Society & Museum
Friday, November 17, 2006
Hosted by Asia Society, OP.LYNX & GO NYC Magazine
Thank you to all who joined over 225 women at Asia Society for Women's Night.
Many of you took in the guided tours of "Gilded Splendor: Treasures of China's Liao Empire (907-1125)", which included over 200 recently excavated objects from Inner Mongolia.
Visit the Asia Society & Museum on the web at www.AsiaSociety.org
Launch of OP.LYNX Filmmaker Brunch Series
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Screening: "WOMEN IN LOVE"
Presented with NewFest
OP.LYNX launches a new NEW QUARTERLY FILMMAKER BRUNCH SERIES presented in collaboration with NewFest, the NY Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. The goal of the series is to create a space for women to make a day of socializing, networking and engaging in dialogue about issues related to our representation on film by lesbian underground filmmakers, as well as by media-makers in the mainstream.
On November 12th, Award-winning Filmmaker KAREN EVERETT ("I Shall Not Be Removed", "The Life of Marlon Riggs: MyFemme Divine"), gave us a no-holds-barred look at her sexually charged love life by revealing every juicy detail in "WOMEN IN LOVE" (59 min, 2005).
While examining the human ability to redefine ourselves and reshape what we think "love" means, Everett masterfully weaves images of lesbians making their way through present-day sex clubs and attending masturbation seminars. Everett's phenomenal fifth film is her finest -- a work of amazing depth and sincerity which is sure to captivate and entertain all curious audiences.
After the screening, KERRY WELDON, Filmmaker, NewFest Board Member (Director of Development for the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at the time), talked with KAREN EVERETT via video-conferencing from San Francisco about her film and the perspectives of polyamory in general.
Screen capture courtesy of Karen Everett.
Screening & Reception for
Filmmaker SU FRIEDRICH in conjunction
with her Mid-Career Retrospective at MoMA
Friday, September 29, 2006
OP.LYNX was honored to host a reception for avant garde, feminist filmmaker SU FRIEDRICH in conjunction with her mid-career retrospective, "The Personal Films of Su Friedrich," at the MUSEUM of MODERN ART.
After the screening, a group of about 30 OP/LYNXers took an evening walk to Uncle Nick's (one of NYC's best Greek restaurants), where we celebrated with Friedrich, her partner and guests.
Friedrich's films explore the worlds of lesbian adolescence and sexuality, women's adulthood and health, gender politics, and familial and societal relationships. The retrospective coincided with Outcast Films' DVD release of a five-volume, 13-title Su Friedrich film collection. www.outcast-films.com
DVD Cover Art & Su Friedrich Photo courtesy of Su Friedrich. Exterior photo of MoMA copyright 2006 Alina Wilczynski.
AVANT-LYNX: ARTIST SHOW & TELL
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Thank you to the group for making a fascinating evening of conversation and viewing artwork. From rebel diamond jewelry to tribal walking sticks, classical piano to the influence of Muslim philosophy on Russia in the 19th Century, we talked late into the night, and many of us are still engaged in the conversations we started that evening!
OP.LYNX kicked off this exciting new event for visual artists to share their work with other painters, sculptors, photographers, illustrators, graphic designers, jewelry designers, collectors and art enthusiasts. All mediums, whether established or emerging, experienced or experimenting, abstract, commercial or street activist in style, AVANT-LYNX was designed to be an open platform to talk about ones work, share resources for creating and showing work, arrange group museum and gallery-hopping excursions and engage in ones passion for art.
Red Tent Women's Project is NYC's only community center for women of all backgrounds. The garden studio space is located on a beautiful tree-lined street in Park Slope.
Red Tent Women's Project is located at 338 4th St in Park Slope, Brooklyn. www.redtentwomensproject.org
GO NYC MAGAZINE'S
FOURTH ANNIVERSARY PARTY
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Co-Sponsored by OP.LYNX
OP.LYNX was honored to be a sponsor-participant in GO NYC MAGAZINE'S FOURTH ANNIVERSARY PARTY where we celebrated GO's four years of covering the dynamic landscape of our community in and around the Metro-NYC area, and beyond. Proceeds benefited GO NYC's internship program and Gilda's Club Cancer Support Center.
Reality TV "Work Out" partner, JACKIE WARNER was our special host for the event. DJ BK Brewster, DJ Kim Dazy and live performances throughout the evening kept us on our feet all night. And if that wasn't enough for one evening, the publishers and staff of GO NYC presented "Honoring 100 Women We Love". A good number of the women honored are OP/LYNX members!
OP.LYNX has an idea for their next party, "100 Reasons We Love GO NYC!"
LYNX LOUNGE
Women's Intercollegiate Alumnae Mixer
Saturday, September 9, 2006
Presented by FFR/Princeton BTGALA, OP/LYNX,
Columbia Pride and the Georgetown GLBT Alumni Group
Co-Sponsored by GO NYC Magazine
OP.LYNX was very excited to join FFR/Princeton BTGALA for this unique social networking event for alumnae from the Ivy League and Seven Sisters schools, Stanford, UVA, NYU, Georgetown, Northwestern, along with friends from other schools who wish to attend.
We took over the spacious upstairs bar and outdoor deck of Cattyshack in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Our hosts for the evening will be Shawn Cowls of FFR/Princeton BTGALA, Sandy Denton of Columbia Pride, Karen Kranack of Georgetown GLBT Alumni and Colleen Mastrovasellis of OP/LYNX.
The Fund for Reunion (FFR) is the Bisexual, Transgendered, Gay and Lesbian Alumni (BTGALA) Association of Princeton University was founded in 1986 and holds events in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington DC, Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia, London and Ft. Lauderdale. FFR/Princeton BTGALA President, Shawn Cowls, hosts a number of events in NYC throughout the year, including book readings, gallery tours and networking mixers. http://tigernet.princeton.edu/~ffr-gala
Director's Screening of
'FABULOUS! The Story of Queer Cinema'
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
OP.LYNX presented 'Fabulous!'. This feature-length documentary, produced and directed by LISA ADES and LESLI KLAINBERG, features interviews with John Waters, Gus Van Sant, Christine Vachon, Guinevere Turner, Rose Troche, John Cameron Mitchell, Ang Lee, Donna Deitch and others. Afterward the screening, writer SHEELA LAMBERT talked with Klainberg about the film's take on independent LGBT cinema, from the experiments of the 40s and 50s to the cutting-edge films of today.
Photos courtesy of Lesli Klainberg.
ALISON BECHDEL
Creator of "Fun Home" and
"Dykes to Watch Out For"
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
OP.LYNX thanks author and lesbian icon, ALISON BECHDEL, for a very special peek into "Fun House", her critically acclaimed and deeply personal book about growing up in a funeral home with a closeted gay father. Special thanks to Holly Bemiss of Houghton Mifflin Company for her help in coordinating publicity for this special event, as well as OP Member Cathy Renna-McElrath for organizing the event and moderating.
The event took place a few days following her glowing "NY Times" book review and approximately 100 fans turned out to hear Alison speak. She did not disappoint and entertained us all with a wonderful slide presentation of her work, lots of personal stories from her childhood, inside info on how she got started with her cartoon series, "Dykes to Watch Out For" and shared techniques for all those aspiring cartoonists in the audience. www.dykestowatchoutfor.com
Photos & Artwork Courtesy of Alison Bechdel.
OP.LYNX SOHO ROOF-TOP PARTY and OFFICIAL WOMEN'S KICK-OFF to NewFest
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Thank you to all who attended. We were overwhelmed by all the inquiries. The limited guest list of 100 was fully reserved in 3 days! Apologies to those who were unable to get updated information due to technical difficulties with the OP website.
The weather played in our favor and gave us a beautiful night for socializing. The private sixth-floor outdoor rooftop, graciously offered to us by Board Member, Carlene Mahanna, was the perfect backdrop for a showing of independent film clips from lesbian filmmakers.
A final, and VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to SUBARU for jumping in at the last minute to sponsor the evening. Their support of the lesbian community does not go unnoticed! Much appreciation to Moon City Productions for making this sponsorship possible.
Sponsored by
WOMEN'S NIGHT: Shaken & Stirred
Leo Bar at Asia Society & Museum
Friday, May 19, 2006
Hosted by Asia Society, OP.LYNX, FSIX & GO NYC Magazine
Over 225 women joined us for Leo Bar's Shaken and Stirred -- Women's Night at Asia Society and Museum -- the night of May 19th. Many thanks go to Assistant Director of Corporate Relations, David Reid and Marketing Director, Ashley Eiler for their gracious invitation to enjoy mixing and mingling at one of Manhattan's most beautiful museums.
Many of you took in the guided tours of "A Passion for Asia: The Rockefeller Family Collects". The Rockefeller Collection -- ranging from sculpture to imperial porcelain and representing a geographic span from present-day Afghanistan to East and Southeast Asia -- is recognized around the world as one of the premier holdings of Asian art.
Just off the beaten path of Museum Mile, Asia Society and Museum consistently hosts unique and diverse collections of Asian art, from ancient treasures of Tibet to the modern marvels by Chinese-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang, who uses gunpowder as an artistic medium. You may have remembered or seen Guo-Qiang's "Light Cycle" explosion project which illuminated the sky over Central Park last year as part of the 150th anniversary celebration for Central Park.
Visit the Asia Society & Museum on the web at www.AsiaSociety.org
LYNX LOUNGE / HOMO COMICUS 2:
Girls Gone Hilarious! Women's Night of Comedy
Wednesday, May 4, 2006
OP.LYNX's Second All-Female LYNX LOUNGE/Homo Comicus, "Girls Gone Hilarious!" had the sold-out crowd roaring with laughter! Thank you OP/LYNX Board Member Twilla Duncan and Bob Montgomery of Homo Comicus for your work in bringing some of the best talent in lesbian and lesbian-friendly comedy together in one great night.
Headliner VICKIE SHAW (pictured above left) -- who made a rare trip to NYC just for us -- was joined by comic diva, KIM CEA (2nd from left), laugh riot girrrl, JULIE GOLDMAN (2nd from right) and high priestess of hilarity MARION GRODIN (far left).
An unexpected delight was experiencing Gotham Comedy Club's new home at 208 W 23rd St. Just a few blocks from the old space and almost double in size at seating for 300, Gotham is a throwback to the elegance of texture, color and detailing of supper clubs and speakeasies of old. Those who came early, sipped cocktails and mingled in the lovely downstairs lounge.
Visit HOMO COMICUS online at www.homocomicus.com
LYNX LOUNGE
AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM
Friday, April 21, 2006
Co-Sponsored by GO NYC Magazine
Thank you to Katie Hush, Special Events Manager at American Folk Art Museum, and the museum staff for hosting a wonderful LYNX LOUNGE. For those of us who had been promising to visit the site, we finally got to experience the architectural delight that is the American Folk Art Museum.
Many of us took advantage of the guided tour through parts of the current exhibit of unique works from far points of the globe. The featured exhibit was "White on White (and a little gray)" which highlighted the vernacular American participation in the vogue for neoclassicism. The American Folk Art Museum holds a breathtaking collection of these textiles executed in a variety of techniques that have never been shown together. Also on view was a selection of Albany printworks, elaborate mourning needleworks stitched in shades of black on white silk to emulate line engravings and newsprint, and marble-dust.
American Folk Art Museum is located at 45 West 53rd St. www.folkartmuseum.org
Exterior Photo: Copyright 2006 Alina Wilczynski. Exterior Photo courtesy of American Folk Art Museum.
COLD CALLING FOR WOMEN
A Workshop with Wendy Weiss
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Wendy Weiss, sales trainer, sales coach, author, speaker and undisputed "Queen of Cold Calling" presented COLD CALLING FOR WOMEN for OP/LYNX to an engaged audience. Chock full of great tips and advice for structured sales initiatives, Wendy kept us busy taking notes, asking lots of questions and walking through "what do I do when...?" scenarios.
Women have unique issues and strengths when it comes to cold calling and sales. How we perceive ourselves, how others perceive us, the societal norms of what is considered to be 'feminine' versus the proactive approach needed for sales, all come into play. Weiss culled from her book, "Cold Calling for Women", insights on how the way you think and the language that you use can impact your bottom line.
Wendy has been featured in BusinessWeek, Entrepreneur Magazine, Selling Power, Sales & Marketing Management and various other business and sales publications. Her clients include Avon Products, ADP, Sprint and thousands of entrepreneurs throughout the country. Sign up for Wendy's bi-monthly e-newsletter and find out about upcoming tele-seminars and speaking engagements. www.wendyweiss.com
Photo of Wendy Weiss courtesy of Wendy Weiss.
MARGA GOMEZ IN "LOS BIG NAMES"
A Sneak Preview to the NYC Opening
Monday, March 13, 2006
Out Professionals and LYNX, the Women's network of Out Professionals, presented a sneak preview of "Los Big Names," a solo play written and performed by Marga Gomez, directed by David Schweizer. "Los Big Names" recounts the Hollywood misadventures of Gomez, a backstage baby born to Willy Chevalier and Margarita, rising stars of New York's Latino community in the 60s. ("I was the first in my family to get a speaking role in a movie. That meant more to us than graduating from high school," Marga says.)
LYNX LOUNGE NETWORKING MIXER Starlight Bar and Lounge
Thursday, February 23, 2006
OP.LYNX and GO NYC Magazine hosted an enjoyable evening of networking and socializing.
Bora Yoon, award-winning vocalist and songwriter, was our special guest performer for the evening. She performed her poetic, genre-scrambling blend of jazz, folk and trip hop. Yoon has received awards from the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and Billboard, Arion Music Awards, and her music video has appeared on MTV. She has premiered new music by composers, played benefits for Amnesty International and prepares scores for various artists in the NYC area. (www.borayoon.com)
Photo of Bora Yoon courtesy of Bora Yoon.
OP.LYNX Past Events: 2005
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
LYNX LOUNGE
Networking Mixer at Superfine, Brooklyn
Thank you to all who traveled from far-away Manhattan and Park Slope to DUMBO, Brooklyn for fine soul food and billiards. A gathering of about 50 women ventured out and appreciated Superfine as lesbian-owned and run eatery.
Sponsored by:
"THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE"
Preview Reading
Monday, September 12, 2005
OP.LYNX, and Mind The Gap Theatre in association with GO Magazine and Fund for Reunion hosted a very special preview reading of the classic 1960's masterpiece, "THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE" written by Frank Marcus of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and "The Dirty Dozen" fame.
Set in London, this ferociously funny black comedy centers around June Buckridge who plays the part of a District Nurse, Sister George (Barbara Rosenblat), on a wildly popular radio soap opera. Mercy Croft (Christine Rendel) is the show's decidedly un-merciful executive director and general "moral guidance" supervisor who also advises listeners on her popular broadcast program, "Agony Aunt". When she delivers news of the BBC's decision to kill off the Sister George character, June's temper explodes into one hilarious tirade after another. No one is safe in her lyrical war path, but neighbor, confidante and clairvoyant, Madame Xenia (Marilyn Bernard) offers to put a curse against the impending nemesis.
The frank and sultry depiction of June -- known to everyone as "George" -- as a foul-mouthed, cigar-smoking, booze-drinking, bra-swinging, unabashed lesbian makes SISTER GEORGE an important historical contribution to early queer theater. June's twisted rollicks with her "handy companion", Alice "Childe" McNaught (Polly Lee), earned the film version an X rating upon its initial release in 1967. That same year, Beryl Reid, as June, received a Tony Award for Best Actress in the Broadway version. SISTER GEORGE is a contextual gem for the shocker it was in its day. www.mindthegaptheatre.com
Photos: Copyright 2005 Alina Wilczynski
LYNX LOUNGE
WAAFRIKA Pre-performance Mixer
July 21, 2005
OP.LYNX enjoyed a pre-performance mixer and took in a moving performance of Waafrika, which was part of Fresh Fruit Festival 2005.
Waafrika, by Nanna Mwaluko, is set in a Kenyan village, where two women -- one white, one black -- fight to survive in a place where being gay is punishable by death. Written by African playwright Nanna Mwaluko, Waafrika brings us into a frightening terrain giving a deeper dimension to the international struggle for lesbian and gay civil rights, as well as our world and ourselves.
To learn more about the Fresh Fruit Festival which happens each year in July, visit them online at www.freshfruitfestival.com
NYC DYKES IN DRAG:
Classic Drag King Clips from Dyke TV
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
OP.LYNX, the new Out Professionals women's network, joined with Dyke TV and The Center in presenting "Dykes in Drag."
Emceed by Cathy Renna, the program featured a live performance by the Haitian-American drag star MilDred (pictured left) and classic drag king clips from Dyke TV's video archive. MilDred Gerestant morphs into some of the most intense black male characters ever created - Shaft, Sly Stone, Isaac Hayes.
Additional performances by Johnny Kat (pictured middle), Buck Shot and Bebe Gunn (pictured right) were followed by a lively and humorous Q&A about the evolution of the Drag King scene here in NYC and beyond.
Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Lesbians in Sports
Thursday, May 19, 2005
LYNX held our first panel discussion to a crowd eager to talk about the state of women's sports -- high school and collegiate athletics to professional -- and the visibility and role of 'out' lesbians in those worlds.
We heard from distinguished guests Helen J. Carrol, Coordinator at the National Center for Lesbian Rightsl; Pat Griffin, Author of "Strong Women, Deep Closets: Lesbians and Homophobia in Sport"; Andrea Zimbardi, a former NCAA Division 1 softball star who settle a case with the University of Florida for being kicked off the team when she came out; Ilana Lobet, a member of Team Eco-Subaru, an all lesbian and gay team that competed in Eco-Challenge Fiji 2002; and Juliet Draper (via a prepared video), winner of the World Firefighter Combat Challenge and the Armed Forces Bodybuilding Championship.
Sneak Preview Reception for
"21st Century Queer Women Artists"
at Leslie-Lohman Gallery
Monday, May 16, 2005
OP.LYNX took a tour of the art world for a sneak preview of Leslie-Lohman's lesbian artist installation, "21st Century Queer Women Artists" backed by the music of beloved 1960s pop diva (and recently "out"), Leslie Gore.
Lorell Butler (artwork featured left) showed works dedicated to the classic 60s image of recently 'out' Lesli Gore, Lorraine Inzalaco (middle) charmed us with classic nudes and Susan Synarski (right) humoured us with playfully illustrated tall tales of real-life female pirates and had us cheering for our favorite lady tyrant.
Sponsored by: Leslie-Lohman Gallery
LYNX LOUNGE / HOMO COMICUS 1:
Girls Gone Hilarious! Women's Night of Comedy
Thursday, May 5, 2005
OP.LYNX's first All-Female LYNX LOUNGE/Homo Comicus, "Girls Gone Hilarious!" packed in a sold out crowd! Thank you OP/LYNX Board Member Twilla Duncan and Bob Montgomery of Homo Comicus for crreating a great night.
Some of the best female comics around -- Kate Clinton! Michelle Balan! Margo Gomez! -- hosted by Marion Grodin (NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," ABC's "The View" and Comedy Central's "Premium Blend.") who could ask for a better review of talent and just pure fun?
Networking Mixer at Henrietta Hudson
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
We had a wonderful turnout, as we took over Henrietta's for after-work mingling and networking.
LYNX LOUNGE
Networking Mixer at Starlight Lounge
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
We were quite overwhelmed to see over 350 women at our first networking mixer at the Downtown destination, Starlight Lounge. Women in after-work suits mixed with women in mohawks and combat boots, next to girls in dresses and heels. The common thread was an appreciation for business and meeting like-minded women of every profession and industry
LYNX LOUNGE
Networking at Remy Toledo
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Over 50 women attended our first gallery outing which was graciously hosted by Remy Toledo. On view was a retrospective of underground feminist artist, showcasing classic performance-based pieces from the 60s to contemporary photography and site specific works.
Single LYNXs
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