West Fest | Let's Talk About Mae—A Series of Talks About Mae West

Part of West Fest, a festival celebrating the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mae West.

Come to one session or come to them all!

12:00 pm:  Mae’s Early Life, Career, and Vaudeville by Trav S.D., writer and performer; best known for critically acclaimed “No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous” and the blog “Travalanche.”

1:00 pm:  Mae and Broadway by John Calhoun, librarian, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

2:00 pm:  Mae and Race by Chicava Honeychild, scholar, actress, proprietress of Brown Girls Burlesque, and artist in residence at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater.

3:00 pm:  Mae and Spiritualism by Kathy Biehl, scholar, actress, freelance writer, and certified, award-winning psychic and astrologer.

4:00 pm:  Rebel Mae West, a panel discussion moderated by Grady Turner, curator of “Bare! True Stories of Sex Desire and Romance;” featuring Dirty Martini, the international burlesque sensation; Elyse Singer, CUNY teaching fellow, artistic director of Hourglass Group, and director of the critically-acclaimed 1999 revival of West’s “Sex;” as well as speakers Trav S.D., John Calhoun, Chicava Honeychild, and Kathy Biehl.