Oilyversary

Much to our disbelief, 8 Oily Dykes is turning 1! Little did we know back in December 2024 what type of oily, ass-shaking, radical performance mutual aid work we’d be doing; but it has been all of our oiliest honors and privileges to grow, become more of ourselves this year, create ever-lasting community, and donate, with you all of course, almost $20k to Mutual Aid here and abroad. We really, truly couldn't do this without you and we want to celebrate!!

You: glistening like you've never glistened before, oiled up and ready to boogie, the light of menorah guiding you to Starr Bar

Us: shinier, sparklier, oilier than ever before, lips puckered, ready to revel in community, and with two stellar DJs lined up

10:30-12:30 Aqua on deck

Cake cutting and menorah lighting at 12:30 🍰

1 - 3 Amara Jaguar on deck

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Picture this: it’s November 2024. Dreary, orange leaves are now a distant memory, grey bleak becomes the background to even the best of news, the cold is setting in in a real way, but it’s not quite cold enough and you’re reminded of the climate catastrophe in every waking moment; Trump has just been elected president. Again. Things are deeply troubling. Collective grief is palpable.

Then, a phone call. brrrrrring brrrrrring brrrrrring!!

“Hey it’s Bunkini Bottom, ready to shake some ass???”

The call that was heard around Brooklyn. Sound the alarms!! Hope lives!! And just like that, 8 of the oiliest dykes known to Brooklyn were born and life was never the same! We ran out of our houses skipping and doing chainé turns down the block to a musical yet to be written (omg should we write a musical…)

They skipped and kept all the way to Starr Bar where they had their first raging successful show with 8 (ish performers) to light the menorah and almost $6,000 raised for the Sammet Project!

Then in April they did it again with a Passover show where they donated $3,000 to trans asylum seekers.

And, most recently, they raised the bar and donated almost $9,000 to Palestinians seeking refuge in Egypt at their Book of Dyke Show at Littlefield in September.

And now we’re here, today. Invigorated, hopeful, and ready to keep creating.

Join us on December 19th for our Oilyversary Party! Celebrating our 1 year birthday and Chanukah 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

Then join us again on March 2nd for our Purim Show!! ✨

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