04-27-09 Finally, my abilities have seem to fallen back into place (They, along with my nerves, went haywire as soon as Bad Habits was released), but I think that Ive agreed to disagree with all the imperfections and its the internal content (not the external marketing) that REALLY matters in the very end. So Ive started working on paintings for future projects: a short story book, my band THE HOMEWRECEKRS, and LEAVE HOME- a collaborative installation with Lauren (BLACK AND RED EYE, THE MEASURE), Tamara (NO GUTS, NO GLORY), and Kate (FOR THE BIRDS, CHEEKY, CARNAL KNOWLEDGE).
The first completed painting can be seen in the ARTWORK, in the PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS section. Its called RAZA ENCENDIDA, and depicts the unfortunate rubble between my sanity, and my motherland. Also, I just did the cover for the new record by TORTURE THE ARTIST (featuring Mass Giorgini of SQUIRTGUN, SONIC IGUANA STUDIOS, etc.). You can see that on the COMMISIONS section. Keep checking in for other new paintings, as theyre completed, as well as a complete makeover for this webpage which will include exceprts of my writing! Until I figure out exactly how to do that, check out my upcoming events.
LEAVE HOME: GROUP SHOW
Saturday, May 15th 8PM
@Death By Audio- 49 S. Second St Brooklyn, NY
Cristy C. Road, Lauren Denitzio, Kate Wadkins, No Guts No Glory. Plus bands, a bargain bazaar, and other festivities TBA.
THE ENCLAVE: PUNK WRITERS FESTIVAL
Saturday, May 30th 4PM
@Cake Shop - 152 Ludlow, New York, NY
Cristy C. Road, Michael Muhammed Knight and Andrew Zornoza.
BI LINES II: A CELEBRATION OF BI-SEXUAL WRITING
Saturday, May 30th, 8:30PM
@ NYC LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13 th Street
Readings by nominees for the 2008 LAMBDA Bisexual Book Award! Honor Moore, Ron Suresha, Cristy C. Road, and more! Music by Rob Barton, Louisa McBee Light & Rorie Kelly, and Scenes from FLUID, a play by Erika Kate MacDonald
01-01-09 Hey, Happy New Year.... Unfortunately, I am going to take longer to update this webpage with new work, because I am currently creating the work. Otherwise, BAD HABITS was nominated for a LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD in the Bisexual Category! Contests weird me out, so being nominated is amazing enough. Check out LAMBDA, a rad rganization that has been supporting Queer Arts since forever. Untl then, check out my upcoming events featuring wonderful performances by artists I love such as Rhiannon Argo, Blake Schwarzenbach, Nicole Georges, Jesse Michaels, Vena Cava and a shit-ton more! I may be in your city, check it out.
BEATRICE.COM READING SERIES
Wednesday, Jan 14, 7PM
@Mercantile Library 17 E. 14th St. - New York, NY
Reading with Mark Budman
IN THE FLESH READING SERIES
Thursday, Jan 15th, 8PM
@ Happy Ending Lounge, 302 Broome St. New York NY
Readings with Cristy C. Road, JL Scott, & Jeff Mac.
VOLUME ONE READING SERIES: THE TUNDRA
Saturday, January 17, 8PM
@Matchless Bar, 557 Manhattan Ave. Brooklyn NY
Readings by Blake Schwarzenbach, Cristy Road, Zack Lipek, Minju Pak, Ryan Dodge, Pepi Ginsberg, and more! All about the tundra.....cold cold darkness.
C. ROAD, RHIANNON ARGO, & NICOLE GEORGES
Friday, January 18th, 7PM
@ Powell's Bookstore, 1005 W. Burnside.- Portland, OR
We are reading together again! Its a SISTER SPIT Reunion!
READING FROM BAD HABITS
Sunday, January 20th
@ Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia Street- San Francisco, CA
Im reading at by favorite bookstore in SF!
SIZZLE SERIES
Friday, January 23rd, 8PM
@Femina Potens Gallery, 2199 Market St.- San Francisco, CA
This January Femina Potens is exploring identity through pop culture, comics and superheroes. Reading by MICHELLE TEA, CRISTY ROAD, MARI NAOMI, & ANNIE DANGER!
RADAR
Sunday, January 25th
@ TBA, San Francisco, CA
Im reading at RADAR once again! Hosted by Michelle Tea
CRISTY C. ROAD READING FROM BAD HABITS
Friday, February 6th
@ Skylight Books, 1818 N Vermont Ave.- Los Angeles, CA
Im reading all by myself- come, ill be awkward and lonely.
PUNK AND LITRATURE EXTRAVAGANZA
Saturday, February 7th, 6PM $10
@ Back To The Grind, 3575 University Ave.- Riverside, CA
Reading by Crisy Road, Music by DAN PADILLA, VENA CAVA, JESSE MICHAELS, MIKE PARK, KEVIN SECONDS, ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD
ST. MARKS POETRY PROJECT
Friday, March 27th 10PM
@St. Marks Church- New York NY
Ali Liebegott and Cristy C. Road together again!
11-03-08 Just when I thought sensible jacket weather was approaching, New York City froze to death and I'm hardly leaving my house again. In the meantime, Im working on art for SISTER SPIT, PUNK RADIO DOT NET, and a bunch of shows in support of my new book, BAD HABITS. Come to the release party! My favorite local bands are playing, including this new pop-punk band I'm in, THE HOMEWRECKERS. Its in Brooklyn, on November 22nd. If you cant make it, thats fine, i might be in your town anyway...
BAD HABITS BOOK RELEASE PARTY
Saturday, November 22nd, 8PM
@ Death By Audio, 49 S. 2nd St.- Brooklyn NY
Music by CHEEKY, THE MEASURE, EACHOTHER'S MOTHERS, LOVE OR PERISH, THE HOMEWRECKERS. Readings By CRISTY C ROAD & FLY. Interspersed DJ sets by Sir Loins and Tommy Hottpants. CHECK OUT FOR THE BIRDS COLLECTIVE
MATTILDA AND CRISTY C. ROAD
Sunday, Dec 1st, 7PM
@ Red Emma's, 800 St. Paul St.- Baltimore, MD
Reading together atlast.
CRISTY ROAD at BLUESTOCKINGS
Sunday, Dec 8th, 7PM
@ Bluestockings Books, 1http://www.croadcore.org/decorations/frontpage.gif72 Allen St., New York, NY
Reading from Bad Habits at the best store in NYC
MATTILDA AND CRISTY C. ROAD (Different City!)
Wednesday, Dec 10th, 7PM
@ WORD, 126 Franklin- Brooklyn NY
Reading together atlast, again.
BROOKLYN INDEPENDENTS
Wednesday, Dec 17th
@ Central Library, Dweck Center- Brooklyn NY
Brooklyn Independents: What's Alternative About Alternative Comics. Comics without superheroes get called alternative, but what does that mean? Three practitioners of the form present their alternative styles, from Matt Madden's cerebral Exercises in Style to Cristy Road's visceral Bad Habits.
ERICK LYLE AND CRISTY C. ROAD
Thursday, Dec 18th, 7PM
@ The Firefly, 219 NE 20TH ST.- Miami, FL
Reading from our new books in our mutual hometown of Miami, Florida. http://onthelowerfrequencies.com/
http://www.thefirefly.info/
LA CARA OCULTA, CRISTY C. ROAD, TRAVIS FRISTOE (More TBA)
Monday, December 29th, 9PM
@Wayward Council, 807 W. University Avenue, Gainesville, FL
Literature and bands and shit!
9-12-08 So BAD HABITS was born prematurely and is available at most NYC stores, and Im assuming elsewhere- but if you cant find it at your favorite local independent store, please tell them to order it! So thats pretty tripped out, huh? As for this webpage, Theres a few new drawings and paintings in the ARTWORK. I appologize for the crappy representations of my new paintings- I still dont know how to use a digital camera. Anyway,please check out the events Ill be taking part in during the coming months:
BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL
Sunday, September
14th
@Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza, Brooklyn NY
3:00 (North Stage) Generation Now . Three groundbreaking writers under the age of thirty read and discuss their work, Tao Lin ( Cognitive-Behavorial Therapy, BED ), Nathaniel Rich ( The Mayor's Tongue ) and Cristy C. Road ( Bad Habits ).
READING / Q&A WITH MICHELLE TEA & CRISTY C. ROAD
Friday, September 26th
@ Women & Children First Books, Chicago, IL
Estrojam and the Decibelle Music and Cultural Festival present a reading and Q&A with Michelle Tea and Cristy Road
LATINA HEALTH SUMMIT (I will be the Keynote Speaker!)
Saturday, October 4th
@ A TBA Location, Denver, CO
A day-long gathering of young Latinas and their families where we provide a safe space to discuss a range of issues and topics affecting our community including anatomy and physiology, sexuality, health care, immigration, education and more!
READING FROM BAD HABITS
Thursday, October 9th 7PM
@ Barnes and Noble, 106 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY
Ill be reading something from BAD HABITS.
HAPPY ENDING READING SERIES
Wednesday, October 22nd
@
HAPPY ENDING BAR, 302 Broome St. New York, NY
With
Deb Olin Unferth, Cristy Road, Keith Lee Morris. Music By Bronwen Exter
MATTILDA AND CRISTY C. ROAD
Sunday, Dec 1st
@ Red Emma's,
800 St. Paul St. Baltimore, MD
Reading together atlast.
7-27-08 Check out these cool things going on that Im gonna be involved in, showin drawings and paintings of I dont know what:
SPECULAR PRESERVES Group Show
Thursday, August 7th, 6PM
@Reading Frenzy, 921 SW Oak St., Portland, OR
Self-Portraits by Lady Comic Artists, most of whom started out (and many who still are) self-publishing their work.
THE BIG SHE-BANG 3
Saturday August 9th 11AM-ALL DAY LONG
@ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. New York, NY
The Big She Bang is an all-day event of workshops, panel discussions, visual art, and music by and for womyn and womyn identified artists & community members. Art By Lenny Adler, Lauren Denitzio, Michelle C., Mayer / Amateur Dentistry,
Cristy Road, Maggie Simpson-Galano,Kate Wadkins, and Tamara Waite-Santibanez / No Guts No Glory (Who designed the lovely flyer on the head of this bulletin). Music by Hop Along, Queen Ansleis, Slingshot Dakota, Jettison, Bifidus, St. Mannequins, handjobs, Carnal Knowledge and Sister Sarah Beach AKA Acidopholus
CLOSER TO FINE Group Show
Friday, August 29th,7PM
@The Padlock Gallery, 1409 Ellsworth St. Philadelphia, PA
Works inspired by events in or aspects of Feminist and Queer histories.
05-21-08 I just added new work Ive done for the TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET and BROADWAY CALLS split 7" on ADELINE RECORDS, THE CLOCKOUTS (From South Florida!), and a SCREECHING WEASEL Re-issue for My Brain Hurts on RECESS RECORDS. Also, I FINALLY have finished BAD HABITS, my illustrated novel that I've been working on since hell knows fucking when. Itll be out on SOFT SKULL in the Fall. Until then, check out these events ill take part in, some of which will include my reading of Bad Habits excerpts.
BOOK EXPO AMERICA
5-31 @ Los Angeles Convention Center (Los Angeles CA)
Tabling & Signing with Soft Skull
RADAR Part of the National Queer Arts Festival
6-3 @ San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium 6PM (San Francisco, CA) More Performers TBA
SISTER SPIT At the HAMMER MUSEUM
6-12 @ THE HAMMER (10899 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA)
W/ Michelle Tea, Eileen Myles, and Cristy C. Road
LIVE THROUGH THIS Reading
6-14 @ FEMINA POTENS (2199 Market St. San Francisco, CA)
W/ Sabrina Chapadjiev, Daphne Gottlieb, Carol Queen, Silas Howard, & Cristy Road
LIVE THROUGH THIS Reading
6-15 @ GOOD VIBES (2504 San Pablo Avenue. Berkeley, CA)
W/ Sabrina Chapadjiev, Daphne Gottlieb, Carol Queen, Silas Howard, & Cristy Road
04-22-08 If your'e looking for new literature to change your life, Check out LIVE THROUGH THIS, a new anthology focusing on creativity and self-destruction. Live Through This was edited by playwright, spoken word artist, and singer/songwriter, SABRINA CHAPADJIEV. It includes writing by Nan Goldin, Patricia Smith, Bell Hooks, Eileen Myles, Inga M. Muscio, Diane Dimassa, Fly, Annie Sprinkle, Elizabeth Stephens, Nicole Blackman, Stephanie Howell, Daphne Gottlieb, Carolyn Gage, Carol Queen, Anonymous, Kate Bornstein, Silas Howard, Toni Blackman, Bonfire Madigan Shrive, and myself. "The book confronts the brutality many women and girls encounter in the world around them, and bravely takes as its subject the often misunderstood violence they at times inflict upon themselves." Also, the book is the same color as my webpage.
04-15-08 If you live in Chicago, or are there tonight, join us for a discussion of the ways in which comic artists choose to represent various forms of sexuality and how they negotiate the medium's demands for visual shorthand and stereotype. (Also, more importantly, Refreshments will be Provided)
GRAPHIC QUEERNESS
Featuring Matt Fagan and Cristy C. Road
Tuesday April 15th @4:30 PM
5710 S. Woodlawn (University of Chicago)
03-26-08 My dream came true and my new friends at 2ND FLOOR EAST just created a skateboard with a drawing I made on it. There's a limited run of 51, featuring THIS PICTURE on them. The boards are made from 100% Canadian Hardrock maple, by a skater owned and operated manufacturer out of Wilmington, NC. Theyre 8"x31.5" and come with griptape. Boards are still being printed, but if you want one, you can find out about making a pre-order, or buying it later (you know, when theyre printed) HERE. Pre-Orders will be shipped out as soon as they come in. Check it out. HERE. Other than this, all I ever do is draw pictures of ferris wheels and drag queens and people crying. I'll put that up eventually, because I'm bored of everything on this webpage. Also, Im involved with a bunch of EVENTS that are coming up:
MASTERS REBORN Re-imagining the Greats Group Exhibit
4-3 @ The Compound Gallery (107 NW 5th Ave. Portland, OR)
LIVE THROUGH THIS Reading (More Performers TBA)
4-18 @ Bluestockings Books (172 Allen Street, Manhattan, NY)
I TOUCH MYSELF Group Exhibit
5-3 @ Femina Potens Gallery (2199 Market St. San Francisco, CA) Work about masturbation by SM Shifflett, Twiz Rimer, Ellen Stagg, and Cristy Road.
RADAR Part of the National Queer Arts Festival (More Performers TBA)
6-3 @ San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium 6PM (San Francisco, CA)
SISTER SPIT At the HAMMER MUSEUM
6-12 @ The Hammer (10899 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA)
W/ Michelle Tea, Eileen Myles, and Cristy C. Road
LIVE THROUGH THIS Reading (More Performers TBA)
6-14 @ Femina Potens Gallery (2199 Market St. San Francisco, CA)