Top five "Winner's Techniques" for getting a prize at the message board:
(1) Scream, jump and wave hands vigorously, removing non-essential articles of clothing if necessary, to get message board staff attention.
(2) Scream something relevant to the prize being offered (e.g. "Dammit, I Love Annie Lennox!!!")
(3) Beg (this seems to work well with the message board staff if you're particularly cute)
(4) Cry (this may even convince another prize winner to forfeit his prize to you)
(5) Stand attentive, head elevated yet relaxed, while outstretching hand calmly and assuredly toward the desired prize, without fainting
 

October 9, 1999: Kurfew celebates the release of Tori Amos' new double-CD, "To Venus and Back"
October 9th was another packed party as we celebrated the release of the new Tori Amos album, "to venus and back."  Kurfew Kweens Peppermint Gummybear, BeBe, Mabel-Lean and Vicki Lake served as the welcoming committee for the bigwigs from Atlantic Records. We gave aways lots of CD albums and singles, as well as Tori's complete video collection, courtesy of Atlantic Records. Five lucky Kurfew patrons also received a limited edition , serial-numbered Tori Amos lithograph...only 10,000 were produced for the entire country.  The key to winning one: you had to know the name of Tori's newest album, which was not a problem for the cute fans assembled that night.

September 4, 1999: Kurfew Welcomes DJ Jen Pussy-Lee
The crowded September 4th "Pussy Party" was a reunion of sorts as many Kurfew boys & girls who came back to NYC from their summer breaks came to celebrate with DJ Jen Pussy-Lee, shown here with an autographed Pussy album prize-winner. There were tons of cute guys and gals, like these... We also noticed some cute couples, like these:
In the midst of everything, we noticed the normally stunningly-dressed BeBe running around half-naked screaming while wearing what one clubgoer described as a "Homemade Hand-Wrapped Toilet-Paper Emergency Miniskirt." Is this what happens to drag queens when they lose their fashion sense? Here's the picture, maybe you can figure it out!  While DJ Jen Pussy-Lee spun her sexually charged hits on Kurfew's Runway with cohorts DJ Roman and DJ Acme, the lovely Miss Cat Thing gracefully brought some pussy to the dance floor. MEOW, BABY! 
Kurfew's previous week's event, August 28th, was packed as well, as many boys & girls celebrating their last weekend of fun before jetting off to faraway schools collided with the busloads of newbies coming into New York City.  Expect a lot of new faces in the coming weeks as tens of thousands of new students discover "America's Largest Young Gay Dance Party," and especially at next week's KURFEW FRESHMEN ORIENTATION party! Drag hostess BeBe was in much better form last weekend in her fabulous neon pink mermaid-inspired body suit.  Some of you may have noticed Mr. Silk Flag Dancer, if not for his gracefully flowing moves, then as you were being whacked across the head and neck with his flags.  Another Kurfew patron informed us that these were not silk flags at all, but actually "giant sticky boy nets."  We'll check back next week to see what he catches! 

August 21, 1999: The 1999 Miss Kurfew Pageant
We were impressed with the diversity of the boys who decided to try out for the contest, We knew we had a winner on our hands when the sexy and shapely Miss Alexis was showered with wild primal screams from straight boys watching the main stage finalist round.  (The main stage, as many of you know, is located within the "straight" section of the club, where Kurfew occasionally features performances, drag shows, and contests.) The thought of those hunky straight guys and their raw, sexually-inspired noises for their fellow males on stage (whether they realized they were looking at males or not) was quite a sight (and sound).  Of course, the gay boys were cheering as well, but with more of that polite and restrained  "You can do it,  Sister!" enthusiasm. Our main stage photographs of some of the contestants will appear on the site shortly, but meanwhile here's a digital pic of the winner, Miss Alexis, the new Miss Kurfew 1999!   Miss Alexis scored the highest among the five finalists who competed in such categories  as lip-synching, style, make-up and sex appeal while performing in front of a crowd of about 4,000 people.  Miss Alexis was given a bouquet of flowers from Kurfew's drag queen judges, as well as her beautiful faux-everything tiara. The "often-imitated never duplicated" Miss Vicki Lake is shown here demonstrating the facial expression that is least recommended when competing in the Miss Kurfew Pageant, the Miss Ameria Pageant, or any beauty-related event, for that matter.

August 14, 1999: Kurfew throws a launch party for PROZZAK

August 7, 1999: Kurfew's Hottest Swimsuit Competition
August 7th was our Hottest Swimsuit Competition, and many heeded our "Undress to Impress" call...some almost took that too literally.  The winner will be modeling Kurfew's Summer 2000 Swimwear Line.  Here were some of the judges: 
As you can see, the contestants knew how to work the stage...
Donald and Ms. Face strike poses with the winner... 
 

July 31, 1999: Movie Release Party for the New Flick, "Trick"
July 31st was our special movie release party for the fabulous new flick, TRICK and what a great party it was!  First came the Open Bar introducing Blavod Black Vodka for our 21+ crowd. Blavod is a really cool black-colored Vodka that tastes like ordinary Vodka, except that because it's colored, you can actually see the Vodka floating in the drinks.  Simply wild!  Le Vin de Coeur Rosé wine also donated their unique wine packaged in bottles with female couples or male couples on the labels! 

Next it was time to give away tons of prizes from Fine Line Features at the Message Board...

Since the movie is about a guy who falls for a Go-Go Dancer in New York City, it was the perfect excuse for a Hot Go-Go Boy Contest, with $250 in prizes from Fine Line!  First came the qualification round on Kurfew's Runway, with DJ Jen Pussy-Lee spinning the perfect tunes to get the boys, "in the mood!"

The drag queens gave the "Thumbs up" or "Thumbs down" to each entrant and the 12 qualified candidates were rushed onto the MAIN STAGE to do their thing in front of 5,000 screaming young men and women...straight and gay!  Bebe played main hostess while Kurfew's drag queen judges held out scores and signs with such encouraging comments as "Take it Off!" and "Give me a piece of that!"   Here's a montage of pictures from Kurfew's Go-Go Boy Contest!

July 24, 1999: Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot Record Release Party
This weekend we had a blast giving away HUNDREDS of CDs, and other goodies from Elektra Entertainment, as we celebrated the launch of Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot's new album, DA REAL WORLD, featuring "She's a Bitch!"

July 17, 1999: Become a "Cartoon Character" and meet XY Cartoonist Russ Turk
Kurfew featured  XY Cartoonist and "Queer Boys" creator Russ Turk providing Kurfew mini-editions of his newest Vanilla Bitch comic book.  Russ also took the time to  turn some Kurfew patrons into their own cartoon characters. 

"A Masterpiece!"

April 24, 1999: Kurfew Kasting Kall!

This Saturday, April 24th, it's a Kurfew Kasting Kall as Lilliput Pictures and Waterbearer Films hold an audition for the lead young gay character, and gay teen extras for the new Lilliput Pictures/Waterbearer Films short film, "Birthday Time."  Waterbearer Films is also the distributor of the successful gay film, Trevor. Sign up for the audition at the Message Board Table.  Here are the characters they are seeking:
Christopher is a 17 year old gay, high school student.  He's the nerdy drama student sort, a little neurotic, who's much cuter than he realizes.  He most likely wears glasses and is preferably under 5'9"
Tom is the 45ish married gay man, closeted, very handsome, masculine, perhaps a little smarmy.  Think Tom Selleck or Tom Skerrit.
Sarah is Christopher's single mother.  Also about 45 years old.  She's intelligent and dry.  Can have European background/accent.
A 23 to 30ish bartender, 40ish barfly, and numerous high school extras are also sought.
 
 

Cunta Kinte's song makeovers were quite a blast on April 3rd, as were the action-packed performances of the Kurfew Drag Queens.  For those of you who missed Cunta, it's too bad we can't print any samples of her lyrics or song titles or this site would be immediately barred by all of those expletive language filters.

March 27, 1999: "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Gay Man" - Exhibit by Réné Capone

March 20, 1999: Meet Abby Denson, Creator of the "Tough Love" Comic Strip with Lookalike Contest!
Our March 20th party was also quit a hit. We selected winners for Abby Denson's "Tough Love" look-alike contest, and some of the winners bear an uncanny resemblance to the cartoon characters!  We were quite surprised.  Here's a picture of the winners posing with Abby, center.  They're surrounded by their cartoon characters! Stay tuned..these winners will be turned into a collectible Kurfew edition of "Tough Love" Trading Cards!

Let's not forget, we also gave aways tons of CD's and T-shirts for an incredible new band called Tin Star, courtesy of V2 Records.  You may have seen their wild video on MTV or on Kurfew's Runway Screens.  As you can see below, the scene was chaotic once we started handing stuff out!

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