2013

Happy Belated Pride!
We had an amazing and chill time this year. How bout you?
Ships teamed up with Darling Nikki (an amazing queer dance party in San Francisco that raises money for rad causes every 3rd Friday of the month) AND Sissy Strut (now every 4th Saturday at Underground SF) for a collaboration of epically gay proportions. It was awesome to get hot and sticky in the Underground again (Ships' SF old home).  Check out the photos here:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.700943693268625.1073741829.380713201958344&type=1

Recently Ships hosted a benefit for the New Jersey 4: after 7 years, Patreese Johnson is the last remaining of the group still in prison. She is expecting to be released later this year. Check out more information here and please consider donating:
http://www.gofundme.com/2xjwpg

The Ships crew is also going through some changes. After 7 years of organizing Ships in SF and Oakland, Macio Kendrick is moving to the east coast to go to nursing school! We are all excited and proud and looking forward to working with Macio on a Spring/Summer East Coast ships in the future.  Congratulations Macio!!!
We're excited to have new crew-members in training and lots of help from volunteers and friends! Thanks community!!

On another note, we got a fun write-up on the bold italic blog:
http://www.thebolditalic.com/Kristin/stories/3160-best-parties-for-girls-who-like-girls
Thanks for helping us make a favorite of queer dance parties in the Bay Area!!!

See you next month:
Saturday, August 3rd at the New Parish, 579 18th St. (at San Pablo), Oakland

xoxo,
durt
on behalf of the ships crew

here's a lil somthin to entice you to this year's mega-party put on by ships in the night, Stay Gold, and PartyHole: http://ridepartysf.com/ http://vimeo.com/44007685 also happening this year: SISSY SHIPS! After the Trans March Sissy Strut and Ships in the Night bring you... SISSY SHIPS A Queer Dance party ... and a special Pride collaboration Friday June 22,2012 9pm-2am $5 - $10 sliding scale 21+ @ SF Underground 424 Haight St DJS: Katie Duck, Ponyboy, Lil MC, Durt, plus special guest DJ: Brontez! Spinning Old Skool Soul, R&B and Hip Hop all night long! Drink Specials* The Sissy, The GoodNight, The HandJ* Proceeds from tonight will be doanted to the Queer Women of Color Film Festival ( QWOCMAP). Be sure to attend the screenings June 8th, 9th & 10th @ Novellus Theater! Check out their page for more information: http://www.qwocmap.org/festival.html Join us after the TransMarch! http://www.transmarch.org/ RSVP on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/135664326561813/ ANNNND.... Ships in the Night is party of Hard French Hearts Los Homos Sunday, June 24th Get yr tickets for a mind-blowing show from Ssion and Sugar Pie DeSanto!!! plus yr fave DJ's from queer parties from the Bay and beyond... check out info here: Quick Links Tickets: http://hardfrenchpride2012.eventbrite.com/ FAQ: http://hardfrench.com/pride-2012-faq/ Video: http://hardfrench.com/2012/06/08/hard-french-pride-video-series/ Ships in the Night next Oakland party: Whad up Family! Join us July 7th for another round of sweat, dance and love. Ships In The Night A QUEER DANCE PARTY ... Sat July 7th @ The Oasis 135 12th St. (@ Madison), Oakland, CA 94607 9pm - 2am 21+ $5 ALL NIGHT Musical Maestros for the evening: DJ CLR Jamz & Durt more TBA Special performances TBA one bar in the front room, beer and water bar in the back/outside COAT CHECK by our beloved Amber Jiggles ($2 an item so you don't lose yr shit!) hot dogs for sale out front and more bumping and grinding than you can shake a stick at!!! A benefit for GRRL Camp! GRRRL empowers girls to realize their full potential through sports, dance, self-defense, health education, and social justice education. GRRRL values communities in which girls are leaders and are valued for their intelligence and skills over their appearance, and in which youth development principals are used to counter adultism. Read on for more information: http://www.grrrlcamp.org/

Thanks for coming out last month. Y'all rocked the house
as - per - usual. Next up is June which means... It's PRIDE !!! Come start the celebration early with us Saturday June 2nd @ The Oasis

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Ships In The Night
A QUEER DANCE PARTY
@ The Oasis
135 12th St
9pm-2am, 21+
$5 at the door

w/ DJ's Durt, Moxy, Andre, & Motive!
playing all the jamz yr booty needs

2 bars (one in front, one outside with beer only)

and now featuring....
Coat Check!
by our beloved DJ Jiggles (aka Amber)
$2 an item

plus hot dogs out front
and other performances and treats TBA
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Tonight will benefit a women and trans inclusive day @ The Berkeley Free Clinic. The BFC is a community based collectively run clinic, staffed completely by volunteers. Offers limited medical, dental, and counseling services, as well as information and more.
On Saturdays from 11am-2pm, the Berkeley Free Clinic offers services to women and transgendered clients. Read on for more information:

http://www.berkeleyfreeclinic.org/pages/saturday-women-trans-inclusive-services

 

The Oasis Restaurant & Bar

135 12th St. (@ Madison), Oakland, CA 94607

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Next Ships In The Night March 3rd @ The Oasis

Nina, Joplin, Shirley Manson, Aretha, Bikini Kill, Patti Smith, Tracy Chapman, Fiona Apple, Bjork, TLC, Aalyiah, PJ Harvey, ANIIII, Me'shell, Gwen, Sleater-Kinney, JD Sampson, Whitney, Diana, Etta, the dummer for Lenny Kravitz, Janelle Monoe, Tina Turner , Grace Jones, Santigold, Donna Summer, Fat Transfer, Thunderheist, Poly Styrene, Kimya Dawson, Adee Roberson, Fefe Dobson, Alexis Brown, Tamar Kali, Billie Holiday, Madonna The Slits....let's make sure the list goes on and on and on..!  Next Ships is a benefit for Girl's Rock Camp! 


RSVP : http://www.facebook.com/events/230095610410996/

This month we will raise funds for the Bay Area Girls Rock Camp. Bay Area Girls Rock Camp is a nonprofit organization that empowers girls through music, promoting an environment that fosters self-confidence, creativity and teamwork. BAGRC challenges gender stereotypes, encourage collaboration and tolerance among peers, and provides a comfortable space for people of all backgrounds to express themselves. Through music lessons, workshops, group activities and performance, girls acquire skills that help guide them throughout their lives. http://www.bayareagirlsrockcamp.org/ Also-- let's kick off Maren's birthday month in style! Cause, you know, it's Pisces time but this Aries is takin ova! DJ Durt DJ Lady Ryan (O'Fasho!) DJ Pink Lightning (Stay Gold) aaannd, just added... DJ Jiggles! (PartyHole, Queer Qumbia Qrew) Special performance by Jeepneys!!! http://www.jeepneysjeepneys.com/ 21 + $5

2012: "It's More Fun When It's Fun"

Hello Friends! As many of you already know, my baby of almost 6 years (ships in the night, monthly queer dance party) is on a San Francisco hiatus. After several years at Underground SF, the crew felt like it was time for a break. The reality folks is that, when I put on dance parties, I'm doing it mostly for myself...and if I'm not having fun anymore, then is it really worth it to continue? Well, I want to keep ships TRANS BAY, so therefore, I am on a search for a new SF ships venue.  I want to see a re-birth of this raunchy queer dance party! Ships started out as an opportunity for me and my friends to dance  to music we actually wanted to listen to, in a venue that did not discriminate based on gender presentation and/or body odor, and was not immediately co-opted by well-meaning and not-so-well-meaning straight people who like our music better than other clubs.  It developed into a collective of four awesome people running two monthly clubs in SF and Oakland, plus special one-time events (during Pride month, for Safetyfest, etc.). We've raised thousands and thousands of dollars for tons of radical causes (for queers locked up, for feminist activists, for people of color collectives, etc. etc.!). We want this party to be sustainable, so we pay ourselves a bit too. But we have always been committed to giving back to the folks and projects that our community is involved in and working hard to protect. People have been giving us excellent feedback on our parties over the years, that they love the music, that they feel more comfortable there than at other clubs, that they met lovers & made friends at our parties, and that people generally have a good attitude when they are around so many different kinds of queers and gender outlaws. Well, that makes my little heart soar and is what its all about for me. Also, its worth it for the feeling I get when i dj.  When i look up and see a bunch of people twerking and popping their booties, singing along, bumping and grinding, vogueing to the songs i'm playing...well, shit, thats why i do this. And it keeps going...Oakland Ships has been going strong for over a year and continues to be the party that i look forward to every month. Cuz its me and my crew giving birth to our visions, every month.  All of you who come and shake yr asses and hang out with us every time, are our family and make us excited to keep doing it. AND, I want to re-invigorate SF ships. therefore, I want more FEEDBACK. What can we do better? What do you like, what do you not like? Are there spaces out there in SF that you love that you would want to see ships at? Any and all ideas are welcome. You can email the crew at shipsinthanight@gmail.com. For folks who have never been to a ships party, then please come out to Oakland first Saturdays at Oasis! We love having new folks come out and tell their friends and their friends, etc...Thats how our family grows. hope ya'll are having a great 2012 so far. here's to more struggle and celebration in the days to come. xoxo durt

Oakland Ships Turns One!

Hello fabulous community!
The Occupy Oakland Protests have inspired us so much in the ships crew!
AND today is Coming Out Day...a lot of things to warm our gay hearts in this historical moment of movements against corporate greed and towards building a better world...
We are proud to announce that Ships In The Night will be celebrating our 1 year anniversary next month! Yessir, a whole years worth of dancing, rad performances, stellar DJ's, and raising major dollars for good causes.  We are proud of being officially TRANSBAY and look forward to maintaining and improving upon the quality of dance parties that YOU wanna go to. 
That being said, if there is ever any feedback you wanna give us, criticisms, appreciations or funny anecdotes, please email us here: shipsinthanight@gmail.com.
In the meantime, hope to see your shining faces at the parties......
Here's the event details:
BAY AREA, you showed up in full force in October. Don't sleep on our November party!

Ships in the Night
A Queer Dance Party
Saturday November 5th, 2011
The Oasis 135 12th St.
9pm-2am
$5 21+

This month we'll be celebrating our 1YR in Oakland at The Oasis. Dear Oakland, stay tuned for a love letter.

Resident DJs : Durt, Black and special guest TBA
Performances : TBA
More! ...TBA


This month is a benefit for Generation Five. Come celebrate 10 years of movement building to end child sexual abuse. For more info check out their website:

http://www.generationfive.org/

Tell a friend
We will be posting more exciting news here in the coming weeks!
 
Have a wonderful day and take care of each other.
xoxo
durt
on behalf of the ships crew

SHAMELESS: An Oakland Celebration of Queer Art & Community

PRIDE IN OAKLAND
*******VENUE CHANGE VENUE CHANGE VENUE CHANGE******
We're heading home to the Oasis, shamelessly....

Black, Durt, Alette, Maren and Macio invite our friends and your friends to an exceptional celebration at the Oasis

Hosted By D'lo
...Featuring Performances by :
* J Boogie Band w/Aima The Dreamer
* Fiona Simone
* Purple Rhinestone Eagle (!!)
* Special Guest DJ Rusty Lazer ( Big Freedia's DJ ♥)
* Dj Divinity aka (Judy Q) Officail B Day Party

That's right fam bam, Ships In The Night is bringing a June Pride celebration to Oakland. Get ready for a whirlwind of musical performances, star DJs, live art, finger-licking good homemade food, a display of fascinating community resources and oh-so-much more debauchery. And we have no corporate sponsors. Bringing this to you i n d e p e n d e n t..ly so ♥

Ships In The Night presents
SHAMELESS: An Oakland Celebration of Queer Art & Community
Thursday June 23rd, 2011
the Oasis 135 12th st.
(off madison downtown)
9PM-2AM
$7, 21+


Djs: CLR Jamz, Durt, Black, Andre, Motive, Olga T, & Rusty Lazer (Big Freedia's DJ!!)
* Two dance floors!

Ships wants to give you more than just a dance party. We've invited all of our previous beneficiaries to come table this event with their gear, info, fashion lines, skillshares and other kick ass resources. Confirmed vendors include:

*Aorta Magazine
*Cycles Bikery
*Brown Boi Project
*TheShe Peoples
*SOS
*Tomboy Fresh
*Original Plumbing
*Cucci
*Bike Love (unique hand-made floogers, ohmy)
and more!~

( If you want to get in on this please email us! :)

Photos by Keep Drowning
http://www.keepdrowning.com/

Flier by LEX NON SCRIPTA

For You,
Ships Crew

shipsinthanight@gmail.com