Source: Dr. Susan Block
(LOS ANGELES, CA) — On Saturday, June 10, 2000: Celebrate Another Extraordinary Year! For information & reservations, call Kim at 213.749.1330. You must RSVP to attend.
Other Current or Upcoming Events:
It’s Not TV – It’s Dr. Suzy! She’s Back on HBO! Saturday, June 17, 2000 at 11 PM: World Premiere of "Dr. Suzy’s Speakeasy" on HBO’s Real Sex. Don’t miss it (if you attended the Valentine’s Eve ’99 Opening of the Speakeasy, you might be in it)!
Saturday, July 29, 2000, starting at 9 PM: Opening Night for "DEMOCRATIC SEX" a new exhibit of political erotic art at Dr. Susan Block’s Speakeasy Gallery. Patriotic Erotica, Gonzo Art, American Beauties, Flag Fantasies, Erotica Revolutionnaria Art that Makes You Want to Stand Up & Salute. Integration, Miscegenation, Revolution, Fireworks, Democratic Sex. The Inherent Democracy of Sex. The Fact that Not Everyone Can Be President. Not Everyone Can Be or Marry a Multi-Millionaire. But Anyone Who Can Breathe Can Have an Orgasm. And Anyone Who Can Feel Can Fall In Love. The Aphrodisiac of Power, the Thrill of the Race, the Titillation of Patriotism, the Emancipation of Equality, the Liberation of Democracy, the Revelations of the Oval Orifice & the Stimulation of House Organs.
The Erotic Inspiration of America, Land of the Free. Sexual Puritanism in America, Land of the Not As Free As We Might Be. The Sexuality of Democrats. Republicans too. This is an Equal Opportunity Art Show. The Use of Sex to Sell, Support or Undermine Democracy, Capitalism, Corporations, Consumerism, War, Art, the Good, the Bad & the Horny.
Featuring Works by Mario Saucedo, Skee Goodhart, Glenn Campbell, Viktor, Ray Cirino, Tony Ward, Dennis Dutzi, Frank Rozasy, Tom Zimmerman, Lanning Gold, Doug Johns, Tomas Lane, Joseph Franklin, Penny Antine, Michael Perry, Onie Montes, Karin Swildens, Ed Fox, Lars Stewart, Eban Lehrer, Jolie Barry, Mike Castro, Marla Mossman, Julie Carlson, David Heckman, Mikey Sagorsky, Rebecca Boyer, Ken Marcus, Kimberly Jordan and other distinguished local and internationally renowned Speakeasy Gallery artists. Plus: Dr. Block’s Own Hungry Republicans.
With a Special Display of Vintage Political Erotica from Taschen Books. Artists who wish to exhibit in this show should contact Kim Mendoza at kim@blockbooks.com or call 213.749.1330.
Special Showings During the Democratic Presidential Convention, being held August 14-17, 2000 at the LA Convention Center, within ejaculating distance of Dr. Suzy’s Speakeasy at 1358 S. Flower Street in the Heart of Downtown LA.
Attendance at the July 29 Opening: $35 per couple. A portion of the proceeds goes to help save the bonobo chimpanzees who "make love, not war," but are nearing extinction in their native habitat of the Congo.
This show will run until the beginning of November, 2000. For information & images, please call Speakeasy Gallery Art Curator Kim Mendoza at 213.749.1330.
"We must not simply tolerate diversity. We must honor it and celebrate it." President William Jefferson Clinton, Last State of the Union Address, 1.27.00)
Read Deirdre Guthrie’s brilliant article in Salon on Dr. Suzy: "The Erin Brockovich of the Bonobos" at www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/05/18/drblock/index.html
For more on The Bonobo Way, see www.blockbonobofoundation.org
