Arciniega Street is proud to partner with Alyeska Nordic Spa and Momentum Studios to bring you the highly anticipated second installment of the 2025 season of our quarterly drag, burlesque, and dance variety series: VIBES. Just in time for AANHPI Heritage Month, presenting...
VIBES: MONSOON – a Hot, Wet, Queer Spectacle celebrating Drag, Burlesque, Pole, and Music Artists
**DRESS TO IMPRESS**
A Tribute to Queer, Asian & Pacific Islander Identity
An ongoing love letter to intersectionality, our 'VIBES' queer art series features a different curated theme, different host, and a different cast of drag, burlesque, and other performance artists every quarter in a cool, underground setting. Truly a different vibe every time we do it. VIBES: MONSOON is happening for 2 nights only on Friday, May 16th and Saturday, May 17th at Momentum Studios (Studio C) in Midtown. Our 2025 season is proudly sponsored by our presenting partners at Alyeska Nordic Spa.
EARLY ACCESS DOORS OPEN: 7:30PM
REGULAR GA DOORS OPEN: 7:45PM
SHOW STARTS: 8:00PM
We're excited to bring you a stacked cast of talented drag, burlesque & performance artists across a vast representation of queer and API identities. VIBES: MONSOON will be co-hosted by our talented Fairbanks drag divas OSHA Violation and Ella Mental, also featuring the talents of Anchorage-based drag artist Venus Vixen, pole artist YouLoveLucy, vocal quartet House of Luminosity, and our money honeys Apollo and Marley! Rounding out the lineup of electric performances, we're bringing up 2 out-of-state burlesque headliners from NYC: Queer Desi diva and Burlesque's Bollywood bombshell, Mercy Masala, as well as The Asian Sexsation who was named one of the Top 100 Burlesque Performers in the World, Calamity Chang!
Show Details
Cash bar on site thanks to our community partners. This is a 21+ only show, no exceptions. Proof of ID required upon entry. We have other all-ages shows; this is not one of them! Please drink responsibly.
YOUR HEADLINERS
About Calamity Chang
The name "Calamity Chang" is inspired by the notorious frontierswoman Calamity Jane, an outlaw who was known to be a daredevil. True to the inspo, Calamity Chang exemplifies the same rebellious freedom through the art form of burlesque. Calamity produced 2 longstanding weekly shows and 2 monthly shows in NYC for over a decade as well as performing and touring. She continues to co-produce the world's only NEW YORK ASIAN BURLESQUE EXTRAVAGANZA with Jen Gapay.
This "Asian Sexsation" has made a mark in the burlesque world with her signature food-inspired ("foodlesque") acts focusing on Asian culinary icons in popular culture. By fusing her love for food and her Chinese heritage in playful and sexy striptease performances, Calamity brings visibility to performers of color worldwide with a dash of whimsy and a peppering of good humor. Named by The Huffington Post as one of the "20 Burlesque Stars To Know" and by 21st Century Burlesque as one of the Top 100 Burlesque Performers in the world, Calamity has performed for numerous esteemed events such as Inked Magazine, Design Industries Foundation for Fighting Aids NYC, and various celebrities. She was also in the "Best Debut" at Burlesque Hall of Fame, Las Vegas in 2012.
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Calamity grew up in Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Florida (Tampa), and various cities in Texas including Houston and Dallas. Though she has lived in NYC for 20 years and counting, she also considers Texas her home.
About Mercy Masala
Mercy Masala is a Greek Indian fusion dancer combining elements of vogue, bollywood, and traditional South Indian dance in their burlesque style. In addition to burlesque, she is also a proud member of the Royal House of Labeija, the first house of ballroom.
When Mercy is not performing, they are a full time clinical social worker, published researcher/writer, and currently work as a crisis counselor serving folks who struggle with serious addiction, housing, and mental health issues. Mercy is one out of only 3 queer South Asian burlesque performers in all of NYC and NJ. They hope to inspire other South Asian artists to follow their creative bliss, no matter what they may be. Mercy began their dance journey at the age of 2 as an Indian classical dancer performing in the styles of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi, learning from her grandmother who was a well-known Bollywood and Bharatanatyam choreographer in India.
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Photos from VIBES 2024 and 2025 seasons by Chris Avessuk
Poster Design by Corvid Creative
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DISCLAIMER: This is an unapologetically queer and QTBIPOC space for our queer community and active allies. If you are taking up space in this showroom, you must be a member of our queer and QTBIPOC community or a strong ally, no exceptions. If queer art and expression make you or someone in your party uncomfortable, this is not the show for you and we kindly ask you to stay home. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason we deem necessary to ensure the comfort and safety of our cast, crew, and community. This includes but is not limited to asking individuals to leave our event or trespassing individuals from the property entirely if they are disrespectful, if they do not abide our safety rules and community agreements, or otherwise cause an unwelcome disturbance. No refunds.
