Yuri’s Night ‘08 - World Space Party
Join Art Whino for an OUT OF THIS WORLD experience as we celebrate Yuri’s Night, a World Space Party commemorating Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, and the first human space flight. Yuri’s Night is like the St. Patrick’s Day or Cinco de Mayo for space. It is a day when the world comes together to celebrate the power, beauty, and party potential of space.
So dress yourself in your best celestial attire (prizes awarded); come see an art exhibition of other-worldly magnitude, and enjoy a Vodka of space themed libations by Stoli Vodka. Cosmic burlesque performances featuring Miss Saturn, spaced out Russian-style post-punk music by Mr. Moccasin, spacey DJ sets, and more will temporarily elevate you from your daily earthly existence.Performances by: Miss Saturn, Gilded Lily Burlesque, L’il Dutch & selected scenes from Landless Theatre Company’s Space Battles the Musical will orbit throughout the night, hosted by the enigmatic Master Uranus.
“Circling the Earth in my orbital spaceship I marveled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world, let us safeguard and enhance this beauty — not destroy it!” Yuri Gagarin, 1st human in space.
Art Whino has been blessing Old Town, Alexandria with quite the numerous amount of exhibits. This particular event is an ode to the first man in space and orbit the Earth, Yuri Gagarin. This event also marks Art Whino’s first time extending its hours to 2am. For more info, make the leap to www.outofthisworldparty.com. I’ve never made it in time for the music portion of any Art Whino exhibit, but the installations are worth seeing.
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