Below are some indiestry events you may enjoy this weekend. As usual, check back for updates. This should hang you over until Monday.

New York


Freak Nasty— Sunday, Nov. 14, doors open at 7 p.m. at Santos Party House (96 Lafayette St, Any train to Canal Stop). Halloween is long over, but the freaks are still out at night! Join Burrowsink as they host the LAST erotic poetry event of the year!

They’ve  got two floors of tingling pleasure for your personal enjoyment. The event will be hosted by comedian Mr. JP. Justice, who is taking time off his tour with the Wayans Brothers to get sinful.  The show will feature burlesque dance, erotic poetry by Ainsley Burrows, S'elah Cox, Soulful Jones, Renair, Mona and many more sexy surprises.  After the show is the after party, they've got DJ Metaphysics on the ones and twos . Tickets are $15. Click here to purchase.

Barbara Blatner performs—Saturday, Nov. 13, 8 p.m. at Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (Between Houston and Bleecker); F train to 2nd Ave, 6 to Bleecker)

Blatner  is a playwright, poet and composer from New York. Her verse play, "No Star Shines Sharper," produced in 2003 by Mystic Theatre Company, was published by Baker's Plays (1990), aired repeatedly on National Public Radio stations and acquired by New York's Museum of Television and Radio. Recent readings at the Abingdon Theatre in New York include "Clearing" and "White Ashes." "Grassy Knoll" was produced in New York's Turnip Theatre's Short Play Festival (1997); "Shadow Play" received a workshop production at the Cleveland Public Theatre (1993). Barbara's adaptation of Borowski's "This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen" was commissioned by New Voices and presented at the Boston Public Library (1992). Click here for more information.

Also at Bowery Poetry Club . . . The 7th Annual Brevitas Festival of The Short Poem on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2 p.m. Click here  for details!

Philadelphia



The 2010 First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Art—runs through Sunday, Nov. 14 at  the Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Featuring Sonia Sanchez, a CNN star, a man in a van, the Wienermobile, Mormon amore, a museum of the people, and the best storyteller in Philly. Debate red state versus blue. Dine on cocktails and kugel. Watch indie pop drama and prison musicals. But whatever you get at the First Person Festival, you’ll know it’s / the real thing. No imitations.

Click here for a full list of festival events.

Washington, D.C



Artist Talk at DC Arts Center—Artist Anthony Stellaccio's will discuss his sculpture exhibition titled "Handle for the Axe", on Sunday, Nov. 14. The talk will begin at 5 p.m. The DC Arts Center is located at 2438 18 St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20009.





Chicago


Dan Deacon—On Sunday, Nov. 14, Baltimore's Dan Deacon will perform an ages 21-and-up show at Chicago's Hideout. The show begins at 9 p.m. The cost is $10. Hideout is located at 1354 W. Wabansia, Chicago, IL 60622. Call (773) 227-4433 for more information.