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Series I: Pyramid Flyers

Scope and Content

Series I comprises flyers made to promote Pyramid performances and shows. The performers named include drag queens like Ethyl Eichelberger, John Kelly, Lady Bunny and Tanya Ransom. Musical performers include 3 Teens Kill 4, Elliott Sharp, They Might Be Giants, Nick Cave, The Butthole Surfers, Zette, Rat At Rat R, the Frank Maya Band and John Sex. Live readings were given by Lydia Lunch, David Wojnarowicz, Ann Magnuson, Fran Lebowitz and Eric Bogosian. Also mentioned are artists like Greer Lankton and Peter Hujar, as well as John Waters, Thurston Moore, Nick Zedd, Richard Kern, Cookie Mueller, Johanna Went, Julie Hair, Ela Troyano and Antonio Frederico. Events such as Sundays at Pyramid, Pyramid Not Pyramid, Cafe Iguana, Pyramid 84, Pyramid Cocktail Lounge, Disturbed Form Theater and Loretta's Diner are advertised. Many of the events were hosted by the magazine Straight to Hell (STH).

Pyramid Flyers, [undated], inclusive; 1981-1995, bulk

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Content

Binder of flyers from the Pyramid Club from ca. the 1980s.

Pyramid Flyers, [undated]

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Content

Binder of flyers from the Pyramid Club from ca. the 1980s.

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