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21.5.2024

Mai 2024

jaM CATS W/ HIPPOLYTE FèVRE

Despite living in Paris and more recently in New Orleans, Hippolyte is well acquainted with the Berlin cats. His fiery trumpet playing is an integral part of the sound of the NOLA French Connection Brass Band, as well as the BIG FIVE and the SWINGING HERMLINS. We can expect a fantastic night of high-flying notes and feverish swing.

And for our dancing pleasure, we'll have a legendary figure of the swing movement on the decks with Christopher Rose.

Meow!

TIMETABLE:

19:30 | Doors open & Dj Christopher Rose

21:00 - 22:00 | BAND

≈ Short break & DJ set ≈

22:30 - 00:00 | JAM CATS SESSION & Party with Christopher Rose

♫ THE JAM CATS SESSION ♫
HEY, YOU COOL CATS!

The Jam Cats live session is a dancing jam session with a different opening band each time. It carries on the legacy of old jazz mingling live sessions and DJ sets.
We want everyone to have fun, dancers and musicians alike with a stage open for early Jazz, Swing, RnB, and other fun styles to dance to with a focus on Balboa since we are operating with Bellmer Balboa. However, we are a separate event and we often cross over between different sub-genres of jazz and swing.
The jam will be run by members of the Syncopation Society to ensure that the party flows, allowing everyone to dance,
or simply sit back and enjoy the music.

DISCLAIMER FOR MUSICIANS
Coming to the JAM CATS grants you free entrance. Just keep in mind that this is a DANCE EVENT and it implies being reactive and keeping your solos short and sweet. If you are up for it, be prepared to be reactive on stage. If you want to play, make it clear and talk to one of the musicians on stage to see when is a good time to step in. There's a piano on the stage with atmospheric amplification.

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CODE OF CONDUCT:
The official restrictions are lifted for now, but we still recommend doing a test before you come anyway.
It is our aim to create a safe, respectful and welcoming environment for everybody. Within the Syncopation Society, we are working to develop an anti-racist and feminist common ground. Through self-education, we are striving to recognise and stop racist, discriminatory, sexist and homophobic behaviour, as well as other forms of social injustice. We want to remove the barriers established by economic inequality. Important to us is also that the venue of the festival is accessible for people with all kinds of physical conditions.
We want to celebrate diversity in all its forms. We invite you to do the same. We seek to recognise unconscious bias and act against obvious or micro-aggressions of others. As we might not be aware of everything, please help us and let us know if you are missing essentials that you need to feel included and comfortable, or if you experience or witness an unpleasant situation. We are always available for you.

As a collective made up of musicians, DJs and dancers the Syncopation Society feels deeply that it is vital, not only to give recognition to the creators of the music we perform and dance to but to also acknowledge the world in which they lived and the struggles they faced, due to historical and structural racism. We aim to keep educating ourselves on Black heritage. Avoiding cultural appropriation requires an amount of reverence and acknowledgement of history and context. This challenge is important to us in many aspects of life.

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Smut Slam Berlin: "THE GREAT OUTDOORS" (May 20)

Smut Slam Berlin: a real breath of fresh air since 2017!

Berlin’s only community dirty storytelling open mic is celebrating spring on Monday, May 20, with the theme "THE GREAT OUTDOORS." From the windswept seashore to the sun-dappled groves to an irresistible moment on a snow-packed mountaintop. When the urge hits outside, nature finds a way, and we want to hear about it!

Tickets: €15-20 sliding scale donation per person in advance, €20 cash at the door. Low-income €10 rush tickets available at the door ONLY, if any tickets remain unsold at time of show.

Buy them at: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../smut-slam-berlin-the-great...

Location: Crack Bellmer, Revaler Str 99, Berlin
(Main entry at Revaler Str & Simon-Dach-Str, 8-10 minutes' walk from S Warschauer Str)

(cover photo by Marc Seestadt)

JUDGES: TBA

** Prizes from Other Nature alternativer Sxladen, The Berliner, and njoy toys!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
7-8 pm: get tested, save your seat, enjoy our reading lounge, grab your drink
8-10:30pm: Smut Slam, in the old-fashioned way (with one short intermission)
10:30-whenever: stay for a little longer, we don't have to worry about neighbors here!

SmutSlam features real-life, first-person sx stories from the audience, stories from guests and sometimes even celebrity judges, and also readings from THE FUCKBUCKET, a convenient and funnily named receptacle for all your anonymous questions and confessions!

IMPORTANT: Smut Slam is queer-friendly, k!nk- AND vanilla-friendly, fat-friendly, sx worker-friendly, virgin-friendly, polyamory-friendly, we're really, really friendly. We welcome people with all types and amounts of sxual experiences. We DO NOT welcome stories or fuckbuckets involving racism, sxism, homophobia, transphobia or any other kind of discrimination, or nonconsensual objectification or fetishization. All activities discussed must be CONSENSUAL.

SMUTSLAM is CREATED by Cameryn Moore, an award-winning playwright/performer, sx activist and educator, and former phone sx operator. When not performing, riding the train, or actually having sx herself, Cameryn writes Sidewalk Smvt: custom type-written erotica as street performance and literary art.

WE PRACTICE SAFER SMVT! DO NOT ATTEND if you are feeling poorly! There will be more slams!
*** We encourage mask use indoors. This remains one of the best ways to protect yourself against getting sick from COVID or any of the other airborne diseases going around.
*** Crack Bellmer has a government-certified machine that exchanges all the air in the room every 10-15 minutes. Included in that system is a HEPA filter.
*** TESTING NOTICE: Please bring photo of same-day negative test results, or come early to take a self-test at the door (for €1, thank you!). We will have Smutterlings on hand to assist. IF YOU TEST POSITIVE, we will have to send you home.
** As always, we are closely watching current COVID-19 rates, and as things change, one way or the other, we may loosen or tighten our pandemic protocols. We will never surprise you with changes, but tell you in advance, so you can make informed decisions. Smut Slam keeps both comfort and well-being in mind, for the community!

PLEASE NOTE: We have a strong Code of Conduct for everyone at a slam. We try very hard to run the event accordingly, and we want attendees to actually pay attention so you can help us create this safer space: https://docs.google.com/.../120FTNtC47HhNIEP91TXp.../edit... Please do take a moment to read this statement, thank you!

ACCESSIBILITY: The venue is wheelchair accessible; we are checking about accessibility of toilets.

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Rosa Brisante with DJ CHICHI, Heimlich Maneuver, d.silver, DJIL

Dear community, your presence is requested. Come by say hi for a night full of explorative slow-burners and house music

@djchi.chi is one of the artists we always wanted as a DJ at our parties as we genuinely admire both her mixes and her community work going beyond Djing. Now we are delighted to welcome her - expect top house tunes from her record bag

We are also happy to have DJIL aka @jilkvt for the second time in our crew lineup! This time she’s back for a special b2b with @d.s1lver. Expect juicy, bubbly house and trance, a lot of 90s gems, prog, breaks and acid.

In addition, @heimlichman.euver will open the night, showcasing the diversity of her sound apt for the mild early summer night we’re all looking forward to.

DJ Chichi:
https://www.instagram.com/djchi.chi/
https://soundcloud.com/chiara-elisa-m-ller

Heimlich Maneuver:
https://www.instagram.com/heimlichman.euver/
https://soundcloud.com/heimlichmaneuver

d. silver:
https://soundcloud.com/donna-silverstein
https://www.instagram.com/d.s1lver/

DJIL:
https://www.instagram.com/jilkvt/

bar from 7. djs from 10.
bring a friend, not an attitude.
doors: free entry until 10pm and flexi after.

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