Submit your event to Artery! NOVEMBER November 1-30: "Picturing Identy" is Visual AIDS's monthly online exhibition drawn from the group's slide archives. This edition analyzes the effect of "pre- and post-cocktail" imagery on contemporary photography. Selected by Michael Gonzalez, the show features work by 18 diverse artists. November 5: Postcards from the Edge is Visual AIDS' annual benefit show and sale. 300 works (anonymously displayed) by well-known and emerging artists are sold for $50 each. Andrew Kreps Gallery, 516-A West 20th St., New York. For info email Visual AIDS or phone 212-627-9855. November 8-December 17: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Lubbock, TX. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 11-December 12: "Meditations on Oneness," a paintings exhibition that includes works dealing with AIDS, is visible 9 a.m.-7 p.m., at the Russ Gallery/Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion, located at 1150 St. Nicholas Ave. in New York. The exhition can also be seen online at www.scotstyle.com November 13-December 8: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in San Francisco. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 15-December 10: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Lawrence, KS. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 20-December 3: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Little Rock, AR. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 20-December 10: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Tacoma, WA. For more info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 24-December 22: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Santa Rosa, CA. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 24-December 8: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Franklin, NC. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 25-December 2: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Raleigh, NC. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 25-December 1: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Durango, CO. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 26-December 3: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Erie, PA. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 27: The American premier of Robert Hugill's "Songs of Love and Loss," will be presented by cmuOUT at 7pm at Carnegie Mellon University, 500 Forbes Ave in Pittsburgh. For further info call 412-268-8794 or email soho@cmu.edu November 27-28: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Edmund, OK. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 27-29: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Tallahassee, FL. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 27-December 1: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt displays in Las Vegas; Albany, GA; Chapel Hill, NC; Selma, AL; Blacksburg, VA; Mt. Vernon, WA; and Fort Polk, LA . For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 27-December 4: For Day With(out) Art, the Museum of Modern Art links its homepage to Artery. November 27-December 2: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Ithaca, NY . For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 27-December 4: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in McPherson, KS. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 27-December 4: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Lewiston, ID . For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 27-December 6: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Quincy, CA. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 27-December 12: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Fresno, CA. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 27-December 15: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in New Orleans. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 28-29: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Emporio, KS. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 28-30: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt displays in Kansas City, MO and Bloomington, IL . For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 28-December 1: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Colchester, VT. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 28: "These Days-Eight Monologues on a Theme," written and directed by Ted Hoover, will be presented by cmuOUT at 7pm at Carnegie Mellon University, 500 Forbes Ave in Pittsburgh. For further info call 412-268-8794 or email soho@cmu.edu November 28­December 15: "Lightbox: A Traveling Exhibition," at the Montclair Art Museum, located at 3 South Mountain Ave. in Montclair, New Jersey, is culled from Visual AIDS's enormous slide registry of work by artists with HIV/AIDS. "Lightbox" consists of a series of boxes displaying 35mm slides. Each Archive Project member-artist is represented by two slides of works reflecting the diverse perspectives of individuals who come from varied backgrounds and communities. November 28-December 10: "Garland for Endymion," Barbara Roux's mixed-media installation about the mythical youth who died young and was commemorated by Keats, is the Heckscher Museum's observance of Day With(out) Art. The museum is located at 2 Prime Ave, Huntington, NY. For information call 631-351-3250. November 29-30 (also December 4-5, see below): This Day With(out) Art program at The Jewish Museum, located at 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd St. in Manhattan, offer a series of guided tours of art and ritual objects that illustrate themes of healing, mourning, memory, and activism. These works are currently on display in" Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey," The Jewish Museum's permanent exhibition, and in "Morocco: Jews and Art in a Muslim Land," a temporary exhibition. The tours will be offered at 12:15 pm and 2:15 pm on November 29-30 and are free with Museum admission. In addition, visitors will be offered a gallery guide containing poetry and texts--by writers such as Tony Kushner, Jamaica Kincaid, Yehuda Amichai and Walt Whitman--which correlate with the selected objects and reflect on the themes of Day With(out) Art. For more info call 212-423.3200. November 29: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Bornsville, TX. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 29-30: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Macon, GA. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 29-December 1: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt displays in Jesup, GA; Dudley, MA; Mt. Olive, MA; Greensville, NC. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 29-December 3: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt displays in Brockport, NY; Culver City, CA . For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 29-December 18: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Charlotte, NC. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 30: This Day With(out) Art program at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center located at 608 New York Ave. in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, will focus on both HIV awareness and commemoration of those who've died. After a 6-6:30 pm reception, the Sheboygan County AIDS Task Force award for outstanding volunteer will be presented, along with student biographies of creative people with AIDS/HIV, and a candlelight vigil. For additional info contact Sarah at 920-458-6144 or skirk@jmkac.org November 30-January 6: The Estate Projects "1989" benefit portfolio--featuring work by artists honoring artists such as Chuck Close's hommage to Peter Hujar, Nan Goldin's to Cookie Mueller, Lari Pittman's to Liberace and the like--will go on sale and view at the Curt Marcus Gallery, 578 Broadway, in New York. The portfolio is named for the seminal year Robert Mapplethorpe and many other artists died. For more info call 212-296-3200. November 30: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Brookings, SD. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 30-December 1: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt displays in Oakdale, NY; Mason City, IA; Carbondale, IL; Mobile, AL; Georgetown, KY. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 30-December 2: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt displays in Greentop, MO; Manhattan, KS. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 30-December 4: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Peoria, IL. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org November 30-December 8: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Westminster, MD. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org DECEMBER December-January 15: To mark World Aids Day, artist Karl Grimes's installation, "Blood Cell Memorial," will be on view in Dublin City University Library, in Dublin, Ireland. The photograph work is based on blood samples donated to the artist by ten, now-deceased people over a period of two years. December 1: The city of Laguna Beach, California, will commemorate World AIDS Day/Day With(out) Art by covering public artwork at City Hall and turning off Christmas lights at 7 p.m. In addition, the Laguna Art Museum and art galleries throughout the city will cover artworks, placie posters in their windows and remove artwork for the day. For info call 949-497-0722 or email lagunaarts@earthlink.net December 1: VIDA/Sida and the Puerto Rican Cultural Center of Chicago present "CIRCULATION/CIRCULACIÓN," an exhibition featuring collaboations between five Hispanic artists and HIV positive people, at 2739 West Division Street ("Paseo Boricua". ) A Candle Vigil & Walk (5-6 p.m.), forming at the corner of Western and Division, will precede the exhibition's opening reception, 6-8:30 p.m. For more info about the exhibition or Vida/SIDA programs call 773-278-6737. December 1: 24 hours on cable TV brings the onscreen listings--for 3 seconds each--of the names of those who've died of AIDS. Up to 28,000 of them. This is the fifth annual event of its kind on Los Angeles area cable TV in observance of World AIDS Day. Send any names you'd like presented to AIDSWATCH@aol.com or visit www.aidswatch.org December 1 (and ongoing): Observe World AIDS Day/Day With(out) Art by participating in Creative Time's "Banner Project," a web action. You can choose from a fresh collection of downloadable banners from a global network of designers and artists at www.creativetime.org/dwa. Then post the banners on your website, and link up with other sites by sending your URL and site name to dwa@creativetime.org. In addition, starting Dec 1, Creative Time and D-Film presents "CineVirus: Make A Scene," a digital community space for you showcase your personal response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic visible. Upload your own digital video, and show us what AIDS looks like today. For additional info email dwa@creativetime.org December 1: The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, commemorates World AIDS Day with a series of programs on Friday, December 1, 2000, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The program highlight will take place from 12:15 to 1 p.m and features staged readings of excerpts from artist David Wojnarowicz's "Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration" by members of About Face Theater. Additionally, a conceptual project created and curated by MCA staff addressing AIDS will be on view throughout the building in the form of small, personal black plaques bearing white text. A special gallery guide will provide information on AIDS-related artworks on view-the majority from the MCA Collection-by Robert Gober, Jim Hodges, Jenny Holzer, Catherine Opie, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and Wojnarowicz. For more info call 312-397-3833/4. December 1: The art students at Shaw Avenue Elementary School in Valley Stream, New York, under the direction of art teacher Paul Farinacci, have shrouded bulletin boards and artwork throughout the school to commemorate those who lost their lives or are still fighting the battle against AIDS.. December 1: Free World AIDS Day Cabaret Program at the Chicago Cultural Center's Randolph Cafe, located at 77 E. Randolph at 1 p.m. Performers from Davenport's Piano Bar and Carbaret--including Patty Morabito, Ty Perry, Pamela Sue Fox, and Matt Davis, accompanied by pianist George Howe--present a program of reflective and inspirational song. December 1: Free World AIDS Day Video Screenings will be held at 7 p.m. at the Chicago Cultural Center's Claudia Cassidy Theater, located at 78 E. Washington. The program includes two recent documentaries, "Undetectable: The New Face of AIDS," by Jay Corcoran and "Soft Smoke: AIDS in the Rural West" by Jennie Franks December 1: World AIDS Day Call to Action To Fight AIDS in South Africa! This peaceful sidewalk action in Los Angeles will feature speakers and the deliver of a letter asking South Africa to life the ban on the drug, Nevirapine. 10:30 a.m., at 6300 Wilshire Blvd. at Crescent Heights Blvd., the southwest corner of the intersection, i.e., in front of the building that houses the South African Consulate. For more info visit www.aidshealth.org December 1: GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis), located at 119 W. 24th St. in New York, will screen Mustafa Khan's film, "My Sister's Keeper," about women living with HIV, complemented by a Q & A with the director. For times and additional info call 212-367-1100. December 1: GMHC's Carnegie Hall Benefit at Carnegie Hall, in New York, honors Phil Donahue and Terry Watanabie, and features Cyndi Lauper, the B-52s, Rufus Wainwright, Joey Aris, and the Girs Choir of Harlem. Sandra Bernhard MC's. For concert ticks call 212-247-7800. December 1: "After Words: Honoring Writers We Miss" is an all-day event honoring writers who have died of AIDS in Los Angeles, at Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont. Produced by Michael Kearns, "After Words" will feature, on-the-hour memorials beginning with Judith Light reading from the work of Paul Monette at 9:00 a.m. and concluding with Arnold McCuller singing Freddie Mercury's "We Are The Champions" at 11:00 p.m. Well-known politicians and artists will read, including David Mixner, Rod McKuen, Sharon Barr, Sheila James Kuehl, Tim Miller, Mink Stole, Stephanie Zimbalist, Wilson Cruz, Bruce Davison, David Hyde Pierce, Taylor Negron, and Ronnie Larsen among them. In addition, artist David Briskie's on-site sculptures will provide patrons and audience members an opportunity to express their personal responses to AIDS. Art materials will be provided. For further info, call 323-660-1175 or visit www.skylightbooks.com December 1: The fifth "Day Without Graphics: A World AIDS Day Internet Action," is designed as a show of solidarity with World AIDS Day/Day With(out) Art by those who have Web Pages. Participate by posting the Day Without Graphics logo, turning off graphics, and changing page color to black and text to white. You can sign up your WWW page(s) at www.hitchhikers-guide.com/personal/Personal-Expressions/. For further info email ADWG@hitchhikers-guide.com December 1: "Night Without Light" is a nine-year-old commemoration of World AIDS Day for which more than 100 major New York City buildings, monuments and landmarks- including the George Washington Bridge, the Triborough Bridge, the Empire State Building, the Manhattan Mall, and Trump Towers- have turned off their decorative lighting for a brief period in the evening. 7:45-8:00 pm in Manhattan. December 1: Artists Space and Visual AIDS co-host a World AIDS Day reception at Artists Space, which is located at 38 Greene Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY. Between 6:30 and 8:30 pm, the public is invited to meet members of the Visual AIDS Archive Project, which supports artists with HIV/AIDS, and to see Visual AIDS's two newest publications: "Positively Art 2001," the group's fourth calendar published with Abbott Laboratories featuring the work of HIV+ artists; and "Bodies of Resistance," an exhibition catalog which includes reproductions of the artworks from this show, as well as essays on social, political and medical aspects of the worldwide AIDS pandemic. December 1: Judson Memorial Church's 9th Annual Rally & Candlelight March for World AIDS Day. (JMC is located at 55 Washington Square South at Thompson St. in New York City.) 6:30 pm: Reception and signing of a signature quilt square; 7 pm: program including speeches and performances by The Accidentals, Daren Mason, Vencl Dance Trio, among others; 8:30 pm: candlelight march to City Hall Park. December 1: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York opens "Fever in the Archive: AIDS Activist Videotapes from the Royal S. Marks Collection." Nine days of screening-programs--through December 9--have been organized by the Estate Project's Jim Hubbard and thematically range from collective action to women and AIDS. For information about the screenings, consult www.guggenheim.org. December 1: "Make A Difference" is the theme of Philadelphia's Day With(out) Art events, which have been coordinated by the Painted Bride Art Center, at 230 Vine St., where the series of activities begins and ends. Starting at 5:30 pm, names will be read and slide images projected prior to the 6 pm program, which features the presentation of quilt panels, remarks, and the kick-off of a candlelight procession. The process will end with a 7:30 bonfire of paper panels created by onlookers and participants. For more details call 215-925-9914 December 1: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt displays in Baltimore; Pasadena, CA; St. Joseph, MO; Potsdam, NY; Amherst, MA; Fullerton, CA. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org December 1: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in the Bronx. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org December 1-2: "Faces & Voices: Portraits of Ordinary Heroes" presents portaits, writings and testimonials of men and women living with HIV/AIDS. Co-sponsored by the AIDS Service Center of Lower Manhattan and the Taranto Gallery, the show will open at 11 a.m. with a public opening at 7 p.m. At 245 W. 19th St., New York City. For more info call 212-691-9040. December 1-2: A march, rally, and demonstration in New York to transmit the message that "Every Day More People Are Infected And Every Day More Services Are Taken Away." Highlights include: the march at 2 pm, from the SW corner of Broadway and Houston to City Hall Plaza; rally (with performances) 3-5 p.m. at City Hall Plaza. From midnight until midnight of December there will be a 24-hour reading of names of loved ones. December 1-2: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt displays in Riverton, NY; Des Moines, IA; Naples, FL; Portland, ME. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org December 1-3: The Glide-Goodlett HIV/AIDS Project of Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco invites you to A Celebration of Life to acknowledge World AIDS Day 2000 in San Francisco. The World AIDS Day program will consist of an opening statement by Reverend Williams, a Spoken Word & Native Dance segment which will address the situation of HIV/AIDS in Africa and the evening will conclude with the New Urban Musical titled "Hard Candy" which has been compared to the Broadway Musical "Rent." $10-$25 per ticket but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. At 330 Ellis St. For info call 415-674-6133 or email jwilson@glide.org. December 1-3: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt displays in Miami Beach; Tulsa, OK; Norwich, CT; Owings Mills, MD; Spokane, WA; St. Joseph, MN. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org December 1-4: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Charleston, IL. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org December 1-7: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Americus, GA. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org December 1-31: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt displays in Colorado Springs, CO; Elon College, NC; Las Cruces, NM. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org December 1-January 23: Yeshiva University Museum in New York, at 15 W. 16th St, observes Day With(out) Art with the exhibition of "A Warrior of God: Protective Amulet Costume 2" by Michael J. Berkowitz. To view the work on Friday, December 1, when the museum is ordinarily closed, please contact the museum office at 212/294-8330. The work will remain on view through January 23, 2001. December 2-January 13: Work by the late, great artist Felix Gonzlez-Torres, some of it never before exhibited, will be on view at the Andrea Rosen Gallery, 525 W 24th St, in New York, and on billboards throughout the city, thanks to the support of Creative Time. For info email andrea@rosengallery.com December 2: World AIDS Day Reading featuring Star Black, Alfred Corn, Patrick Donnelly, Ron Drummond, Lisa Freedman, Richard Tayson, and others. 3 pm at the Ear Inn, located at 326 Spring St. in New York City. For additional info email Michael Broder or phone 212-802-1752. December 2: Dancers Responding to AIDS's "Remember Project" is a 12-hour dance marathon benefiting DRA, noon-midnight (in 2-hour performance blocks), at Danspace Project @ St. Marks Church in-the-Bowery, 131 E. 10th St. at 2nd Ave, NYC. For a complete schedule and information about ticket prices, call 212-840-0770, email DRADance@bcefa.org or visit www.dradance.org December 3-4: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Allendale, MI. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org December 4: "Who Cares? AIDS Activism and the Arts," a panel discussion moderated by Artery editor Robert Atkins and featuring panelists Gregg Bordowitz, Richard Elovich, Sarah Schulman and Pamela Sneed will be held at the New School University in New York, 66 W. 12th St., at 8 p.m. (Sponsored by the NYU's Vera List Center for Art and Politics, in conjunction with Artery and The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at NYU). December 4-5: Day With(out) Art program/tours at The Jewish Museum in Manhattan, 12:15 and 2:15 pm, with an additional tour at 6:15 pm on December 5. See November 29-30 for details. December 5-7: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Reading, PA. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org December 6: In conjuction with "Fever in the Archive" (see above) the Estate Project's Jim Hubbard moderates a panel discussion at 7 p.m. at New York University, with Jean Carlomusto, Douglas Crimp, Ann Cvetkovich, Gerard Fergerson and Alexandra Juhasz. (Co-sponsored by the Guggenheim and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at New York University.) Room 300 of NYU's main building, at 100 Washington Square East, at 7 p.m. For more info consult www.guggenheim.org. December 6: AIDS Action International sponsors a benefit concert (admission is free, but attendees are asked to bring unwrapped holiday gifts) at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, located at 112th St. at Amsterdam Ave in New York., at 7 p.m. Featuring the Lavender Light Gospel Chorus, the Chamber Choir of the New York City Gay Men's Chorus, and the band Dante. December 6: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Keene, NH. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org December 8-October 1, 2001: NAMES Project AIDS Quilt display in Haverhill, MA. For info visit www.aidsquilt.org December 15-January 31: "Minimal Provocations: The Art and Influence of Robert Blanchon" honors the late artist/teacherprovocateur who died of AIDS last year. The work of Blanchon is featured alongside that of his former students in the Betty Rymer Gallery of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, located at 280 South Columbus Driver. Curator Shay DeGrandis will speak at 6:30 pm on December 15. For more info call 312-443-3703 or email saic_brg@artic.edu December 18-22 and January 3-28: "Lightbox: An Exhibition of the Archive Project" at the Robeson Art Gallery of Rutgers--The State University of New Jersey, located at 350 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. in Newark, New Jersey. The show is culled from Visual AIDS's enormous slide registry of work by artists with HIV/AIDS. "Lightbox" consists of a series of boxes displaying 35mm slides. Each Archive Project member-artist is represented by two slides and their works reflect the diverse perspectives of individuals who come from varied backgrounds and communities. In addition to the lightboxes with slides, the exhibit will feature artwork by over 20 member-artists of Visual AIDS's Archive Project. For further info and hours call 973/353-5119 ext. 32 or visit http://rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu/occ/robesonart.htm JANUARY January 23: Visual AIDS presents a "Curators and Artists Panel" in conjunction with the "Lightbox" exhibition. (See December 18.) At the Robeson Art Gallery of Rutgers--The State University of New Jersey, located at 350 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. in Newark, New Jersey. The panel will be held at 4:00­5:00 pm with a reception to follow, 5:00­8:00 pm. For further info and hours call 973/353-5119 ext. 32 or visit http://rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu/occ/robesonart.htm