News from Vena Virago

Hbv2.1 Screening @ Echo Park Film Center on Friday Nov 13, 2009

2009-11-12T09:34:00.000-08:00

Honey Bunny v2.1

a Vena Virago erotic journey re-imagined, re-shot, remixed by:

C505, Jeanne Angel, Alexander Reyna, Skye Thorstenson, William Skullmaster, Bengala, Sam Zimmerman, Andrew Erdos, Irina Sarnetskaya, Elle Burchill A. Ash Miller, Lilah Freedland, Lee Wells

Friday November 13 @ 8pm
Echo Park Film Center
1200 N. Alvarado
Los Angeles 90026

HBv2 produced by ..Margie Schnibbe.. & Sam Zimmerman for Monkey Town, Brooklyn; original Honey Bunny commercial DVD produced by Vivid-Alt, Los Angeles

Your $5 Donation to EPFC supports community filmmaking & micro cinema • Complimentary refreshments provided • Explicit content for adults 18+ only • http://www.EchoParkFilmCenter.org

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Honey Bunny DVD (Vena Virago/Vivid Alt 2008)

Starring: Page Morgan, Marie Luv, Adrianna Nicole, Max Mikita, Varla Vex

Poppy Rox, Tyler Knight, Alex Gonz, Dino Bravo, Jordan Ash

Writer/Director/Production Designer: Vena Virago; Executive Producer: Eon McKai; Camera & Stills: Winkytiki; Graphic Design/Boxcover/DVD Menus: Alaska!

Music: Esmerelda Strange (title song), Leisure Muffin, Action Daddy, Cockfighter, Robert Crouch, Silencefiction; Narrator: Theresa Gehri

Video Art: Jeanne Angel, Zander Reyna, William Skullmaster, Yoshi Sodeoka, Skye Thorstenson; Visual FX: Sam Zimmerman; S-8 +Addl Video Effects: Vena Virago

Drawings/Paintings/Installations: Alex Scheafer, Margie Schnibbe, Emmeric Konrad, Josh Talbott; Filmed on location @ Circus Gallery Los Angeles & in Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno, Silver Lake & Hollywood

Vena Hosting Georgina Spelvin & Nina Hartley Book Event

2009-01-18T22:27:00.001-08:00

I just finished reading Georgina's lovely autobiography and I can't wait to meet her and Nina too! (Nina's book is next on my reading list)

Georgina Spelvin and Nina Hartley will be making personal appearances at
Circus of Books in West Hollywood
Saturday, January 24th 7pm-9pm
They will be reading from their books as well as signing books & DVDs and answering questions

www.circusofbooks.com

David Henry Sterry, the original master of ceremonies of Chippendales, the Los Angeles nightclub where erotic male dancing originated in the 1980s, will also appear on the program. He has written a well-received book called Master of Ceremonies: A True Story of Love, Murder, Rollerskates and Chippendales, 1985. He calls himself the ugliest man in the room at Chippendales.

The evening will be hosted by Vena Virago director of Honey Bunny from Vivid Alt.
www.venavirago.com

Honey Bunny v.2 Screening 12/27 in Brooklyn

2008-12-23T19:08:00.000-08:00

honey bunny v.2
a new film by Vena Virago: reimagined, reshot and remixed

you are invited to the premier of this new XXX group work presented by Monkey Town, an interactive feature wherein explicit art meets candid fantasy, intimate documentary & adult absurdity... and there are bunnies... lots of bunnies.

also featuring short Honey Bunny films by Vincent Gallo, Pierre Yves Clouin & Eva Midgley

Saturday Dec 27, 10 pm $5

Monkey Town
58 N. 3rd Street
Williamsburg 11211
718.384.1369

More Details & Make a Reservation (recommended):
Money Town

Honey Bunny DVD Release Party Thurs. Sept 18th!

2008-09-15T17:39:00.000-07:00

HONEY BUNNY DVD Release Party!
(at Vena's favorite dive bar)

Thursday September 18
9pm-???

LITTLE JOY COCKTAILS
1477 Sunset Blvd.
Echo Park, Los Angeles 90026

(3 blocks east of Echo Park Ave, cross street Portia)

Vivid Alt Porn Stars
DVD Giveaways
and cheap booze all night long!

(cash bar, no credit cards)

Honey Bunny in September!

2008-08-27T21:18:00.000-07:00

check the Vivid Alt site for details
vividalt.com

Art Forum Review

2008-06-05T12:51:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer for reviewing my show!
artforum.com

Just Wrapped my New Movie for Vivid-Alt!

2008-06-04T10:15:00.000-07:00

It's called Honey Bunny and 3 scenes from the movie are filmed in my art show at the Circus Gallery in Hollywood.

Tyler Knight & Adrianna Nicole (& Vena Virago)

Page Morgan & Dino Bravo

Marie Luv with Toys from the Stockroom

Poppy Roxx and Varla Vex

Page Morgan & Alex Gonz

Alex Schaefer's Action Paintings of performers Max Makita & Jordan Ash

For more pics see Vivid-Alt.com

I'll see you at the Dave Naz Circa'82 Party!

2008-06-02T22:28:00.000-07:00

Vena's Art Show at the Circus Gallery

2008-05-13T21:46:00.000-07:00

Saturday, May 17 – June 14, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 17, 7-9PM

Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat 11AM – 6PM

CIRCUS GALLERY
7065 Lexington Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90038

Saturday, May 17 – June 14, 2008

Tues – Sat 11am – 6pm

circus-gallery.com
Read more about the show on AVN.com

Lust 4 LACE: Feb 14th in Hollywood

2008-02-03T16:40:00.002-08:00

Support the arts, check out some cool videos, dance, drink, hook-up and make merry this Valentine's Day at Los Angeles Contemporary Editions in Hollywood! I will see you there!

LUST 4 LACE
Thursday, February 14, 2008
6522 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90028
Doors open 8pm
Tickets $10
more info: welcometolace.org

LACE’S INFAMOUS VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY IS BACK
To kick off our 30th anniversary in decadent style!

Featuring brand new or rarely seen explicit videos and performances from Southern California artists.

Organized by artists David Burns and Margie Schnibbe (aka Vena Virago) with Peter Bolton & Carla Hart, Franco Castilla, Lenora Claire, Chad Clark, Robert Crouch, Christine Nichols and Carol Stakenas, Lust 4 LACE celebrates the grand tradition of years past and all manner of delightful debauchery by creating a night featuring explicit, naked, juicy, tasty, slippery, slimy, crunchy, gooey, sexy, voyeuristic, fetishistic live action animated narrative squishy hand-made video, live art and musical performance--DJ sets by John Tejada, Henry Self and Robert Crouch--not to mention kinky crafts with JP Craft Captain sponsored by Babeland.

Participating media artists include: Buck Angel, Skip Arnold, Jordan Biren, Squeaky Blonde, David Burns, Peter Caine, Franco Castilla, Mark B. Chamness, Charong Chow, Jennifer Cohen, Geoff Cordner, Michael Dee, Dino Dinco, Willia Drew, Zachary Drucker, Martin Durazo, Micol Hebron, Tyler Hubby, Bryan Jackson, Kadet Kuhne, Darin Klein, Lauren Lavitt, Matt Lipps, Selene Luna, Ming-Yuen S. Ma, Eon McKai, Julie Orser, Julianna (JP) Parr, Kathryn Layne Paxton, Eva Posey, Dustin Robertson, Margie Schnibbe, Mark Cosmo Segurson, Thairin Smothers, Vena Virago, Austin Young,
Nadya Ginsburg, Carlos Zamora and more. . .

These works will kick off LACE’s 30th anniversary and celebrate three outrageous decades of performance and media art in Los Angeles. All works will become a part of the LACE Media Archive. The LACE archive represents a crucial site of cultural history for southern California. The past three decades of contemporary art in Los Angeles have featured diverse and diffuse practices and the LACE archival holdings are one of the primary sources of information of this important work.

PROCEEDS BENEFIT LACE, a crucial resource to the history of art-making post 1978 in Los Angeles. Join us in celebrating LA's rich legacy of creative production, LACE's unforgettable part in that history and ringing in its feisty future!

ABOUT LACE
LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), a nonprofit contemporary art center located in the heart of Hollywood, is internationally recognized as a pioneer among art institutions. For three decades and counting. LACE has curated and produced art and events that inspire the public imagination and engage with timely issues that shape local and global life. Additional support for LACE and its programs comes from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, The Getty Foundation, Jockey Hollow Foundation, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Morris Family Foundation, Stone Brewing Co., and the members of LACE.
welcometolace.org

Amsterdam in the House

2007-11-14T20:17:00.001-08:00

If you happen to be in Amsterdam November 15-18 don't miss the Amsterdam Alternative Erotica Festival. The Rebeca Linares/Tyler Knight scene from Eastside Story has been chosen to screen in the Feminist Erotic Shorts program along with work by Ana Span and Erika Lust. (follow the link below for the schedule)

There's also a program of films by my pal Maria Beatty along with Anna Biller's retro romp "Viva," (and if you're from Los Angeles you just may recognize some of your friends in this very cool and sexy epic!)

And of course there are many more pornos so check out the website for all of the details.

Special Thanks to Blue Artichoke Films and to everyone at the fest!

Amsterdam Alternative Erotica Festival

Porn Film Festival Berlin 2007

2007-10-25T09:14:00.000-07:00

Three of my (experimental/underground) shorts are screening in Berlin this weekend- Check out the kinds of movies I make when I'm not making the commercial stuff. Also don't miss movies/appearances by Audacia Ray and Joe Gallant too! Ah yes and my old pal Maria Beatty has a couple of girl/girl films in the fest - one starring the amazing Michelle Aston!

I love Berlin and the PFF - so sorry I couldn't make it to the fest this year!

Porn Film Festival Berlin 2007

XFANZ Erotica Film Fest in Los Angeles

2007-09-05T08:58:00.000-07:00

September 15th and 16th at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood
Sexy Movies and parties and fun fun fun fun! Get your two day festival pass to see all the shows.

I'm participating in a panel on Sunday afternoon with Eon McKai, Dana DeArmond, Violet Blue and Winkytiki. Check the Official Website for details/tix and I will see you there!
XFANZ Erotica Film Festival 07

Vena Talk in NYC - July 7 @ 2pm

2007-07-04T14:19:00.002-07:00

As a part of the Sex Worker Visions II exhibit, I will be giving an informal talk about my drawings, videos and sex worker past.
Please join me at Arena Studios in SoHo on Saturday July 7th @ 2pm.
This event is free.

Sex Worker Visions II: curated by Audacia Ray executive Editor of $pread Magazine, and is co-sponsored by $pread Magazine, Arena Studios, and the SoHo Arts Council

Arena Studios
407 Broome Street, Suite 7A
NYC

Exhibit runs through July 28, 2007
Check the Arena Website for viewing hours & more info
Arena Studios
$pread Magazine
Audacia Ray

Vena Interview in Ear Damage No. 18

2007-06-28T11:05:00.000-07:00

Ear Damage is really cool print zine from DIY master Cheetah Shine. The pages are thick and glossy and filled with interviews, CD & book reviews and first person rants. Issue No. 18 is the first issue with porn stuff and in addition to my interview there are reviews of Eon McKai's Girls Lie and Dana DeArmond does the Internet.

Support underground print media and get your copy of Ear Damage Here:
Ear Damage Official Site
myspace.com/eardamage

A special thanks to CS for the interview!

Eastside Story Reviewed in Eros Zine and AVN!

2007-06-16T13:54:00.000-07:00

Thank you to both Eros Zine and AVN!!!

Adult Video News (Editor's Choice)

Eros Zine

Purchase Eastside Story at VenaVirago.com!

Check out other Vivid Alt Titles @ vivid-alt.com
Boxcover by Alaska: sixmonthsoflight.com

Vena Virago at The Echo Park Film Center June 7th

2007-06-04T17:22:00.001-07:00

My friends the TRASH BAND have invited me to participate in the gala premiere of their very cool feature film called BANANAGUN. I will be screening CHICKEN PORN WONDER which stars the very lovely DANA DEARMOND along with world renown magician CHRISTOPHER WONDER. The Trash Band does the sound track for my little video and it's likely they will be providing more live sounds during the screening. (BTW- This is not a porn film!)

Also screening are short films by John Cannizzaro, Helen Hill, Trixy Sweetvittles and Cosmo Segurson & The F-Stop Serenade

ECHO PARK FILM CENTER
1200 N. Alvarado Street
(1 Block North of Sunset Blvd.)
Los Angeles, CA 90026
7 June 2007 @ 8pm
$5 Donation

Hope to see you all you Angelenos at the Echo Park Film Center!

Dana DeArmond & Christopher Wonder in CPW

Chicken Porn Wonder is included in the bonus features of EASTSIDE STORY from Vivid-Alt. You can purchase the DVD from my shop at VENAVIRAGO.COM

Sex Worker Visions II

2007-04-22T23:24:00.000-07:00

Sex Worker Visions II: curated by Audacia Ray
and co-sponsored $pread Magazine, Arena Studios, and the SoHo Arts Council

Opening May 1, 2007 from 6 to 9 pm
Runs through July 28, 2007
Arena Studios, 407 Broome Street, Suite 7A

Sex workers with an artistic bent step up and tell their stories visually. The show includes art by Annie Sprinkle, Zak Smith, Genevive Zacconi, and Vena Virago, in addition to illustrations and photographs that have appeared in $pread magazine, as well as a special opening night exhibition of hand-decorated dildos by sex workers.
Spread Magazine

Mondo Porno Party in SF!

2007-03-29T16:36:00.000-07:00

New York's Editrix Abby throws a great bash - my NYC friends and I have been to quite a few... I'm hoping to get to SF for this one too!

An evening of debauched rock, free smut & sexy stars!

SAN FRANCISCO • FRIDAY APRIL 6TH
EditrixAbby, Fudgie Frottage & Paradox Media
invite you to spend your Good Friday being bad...

@ The CAT CLUB
1190 Folsom Street at 8th Street

Doors at 8pm
$10 with flier, printout or religious garb, Jesus ensembles or BC drag
(and for Pagans: Easter or Playboy Bunny drag)
$15 without

Three Rooms of Holy Hijinx!

In The Temple of the Rock:
8:30:Screening of (Burning Angel's) Repenetrator
10: The Tongues
11: Charm School Dropouts
12: Lick
1: MC Meathook

Babalonian BurlyQ with The Indra and from L.A.:
Devatastia and Sparkle Diamond

Plus your emcees Fudgie Frottage and Editrix Abby toss out FREE PORN
while it lasts!

Dance Den of Iniquity:
The Scandaleous Stylings of
DJ Damon (1984 & Bondage a Go-Go) spinning Righteous Revelation Rock & Roll.

Upstairs:
Marauding Mary Magdalene's Lapdance Lounge
Featuring the Girls of Chez Badunkadunk with DJ Simone of D.I.E.

More Info: mondopornparty.com

Eastside Story Release Party March 22

2007-03-12T13:30:00.000-07:00

February 17: Valentine's Benefit for LACE Video Archive!

2007-02-09T20:58:00.000-08:00

SAVE THE DATE FOR DEBAUCHERY!

LUST for LACE
Curated by David Burns and
Margie Schnibbe (aka Vena Virago)

Saturday 17 February 2007
doors open 7:30

$5 per person, FREE for LACE members
Call for tickets or to join: 323.957.1777 x17

Celebrating the grand tradition of years past, LACE is once again hosting their infamous St. Valentine's Day bash, and doing it in decadent style.

Join LACE on Saturday, 17 February, for a night filled with DJ sets, live music, entertainment, erotic readings, kinky crafts and all manner of delightful debauchery. Featuring videos from ARTSLUT, and lots of other sexy surprises.

8-9pm: Erotic readings by Brian Blanchfield, Eileen Myles, Maggie Nelson and Matias Viegener

9-10pm: ARTSLUT rare vintage handmade fetish videos, curated by David Burns and Bruce Yonemoto.

DRINK and DANCE and PARTY until Midnight!

Performance Inventions Throughout The Night:
Trash Band
Felis Stella "Kiss Me"
Naughty Michelle Aston
DJ sets by Robert Crouch and Dino Dinco
JP Craft Captain's Craft Night presents Extra Kinky Crafts: Hosted by the Off Ramp Girls

PROCEEDS BENEFIT the LACE Video Archive.

VISIT www.welcometolace.org FOR DETAILS!

Encore Vena Screenings in Brooklyn!

2007-01-17T10:58:00.000-08:00

Two encore performances of the Vena Virago/Margie Schnibbe Mash-up
Wednesday January 24 and Friday January 26 @10pm
Monkeytown
58 N 3rd St
(btw. Kent & Wythe)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211

I will be there for the Friday Night Screening. See you there!

More Details and Ticket Info:
Monkeytown Porn Week Redux

Party in Vegas Saturday January 13

2007-01-02T19:18:00.000-08:00

Check out this party in Vegas....... all your favorite alt porn stars & directors.... Hope to see you there!

VIVID ALT PARTY JANUARY 4

2007-01-02T18:54:00.000-08:00

Girls Lie vs. D3TI
(aka Dana DeArmond Does the Internet)

Thursday January 4th
starting at 9pm sharp
at Beauty Bar
1638 Cahuenga Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90038
323-464-7676

Meet the cast and crew of both movies including
Fleshbots #1 crush Dana DeArmond
and the only Girl who makes eating a popsicle look so good
Charlotte Stokely
giveaways from
Pleasures on Melrose and Vivid-alt
all night long

Monkeytown Exhibit Clip

2006-12-20T14:27:00.000-08:00

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Clip from Monkeytown Mashup: Margie Schnibbe + Vena Virago
December 17, 19 and 22nd 2006

Mashup of Rebeca Linares/Tyler Knight Scene from Vena Virago's Eastside Story (VividAlt January 2007)
with original Artwork by Margie Schnibbe
and animations by Adam Kendall, Motomichi Nakamura and Sam Zimmerman

Monkeytown Mashup: Margie Schnibbe + Vena Virago

2006-12-19T21:59:00.000-08:00

Monkeytown Third Annual Porn Week:
Sunday, December 17 through Saturday, December 23

I'm really blown away that Monkeytown in Williamsburg has included my works in their third annual porn week. The overall theme of the three-part program is "art influenced by porn and porn influenced by art". Sam Zimmerman has done an amazing job in putting together (and editing) this week long event.

Monkeytown is a unique experiemental screening venue with great food, four giant screens and super comfy couches. I don't believe there's any other place quite like it! (It's also very expensive to run a show like that and they need your support)

Check out the program/schedule and go see the show!
Monkeytown Third Porn

An excerpt from the Monkeytown site about Vena Virago program:
This (very explicit) program turns porn films inside-out, simultaneously revealing front and back of camera, makeup on and off, the art before the action. Featuring Silverlake Scenesters, porn star pets, bondage bunnies, op-art, 'zines and behind-the-scenes.

2-channel immersion curated and edited by Sam Zimmerman.

Includes new animations by Adam Kendall, Motomichi Nakamura and Sam Zimmerman based on original designs by Margie Schnibbe and Tom Bliss.

BTW- The program also includes excerpts from my new (soon-to-be-released) Vivid Alt movie Eastside Story!

Real Live Scenesters at the Cha Cha Lounge

2006-12-10T21:46:00.000-08:00

Hook up with the hipsters

Nacktes Fleisch so weit das Auge reicht

2006-10-13T23:44:00.000-07:00

I've been told that BZ is a lot like the NY Post..... hmm that is with some (um) minor differences. Funny that BZ chose this particular Eastside Story photo to print. Perhaps this is because Dana is looking so very Teutonic.....

Porn Film Festival Berlin

Vena at the Banksy VIP Reception

2006-09-25T11:42:00.000-07:00

In between shooting scenes for Eastside Story, I managed to drop by the VIP reception for sensational graffiiti artist and prankster Banksy.
Although I'd missed Brad and Angelina, Keanu Reeves was hanging out a few feet away from me. But of course, I'm way too cool to harass a celeb.......

Thanks to Adam at FHM for snapping this pic.

Banksy Official Site
Banksy and the Painted Elephant
Brad and Angelina Purchase Banksy Works

Silverlake Scenesters on Eros Zine

2006-08-24T01:13:00.000-07:00

Thank you to Abby Ehrmann for a wonderful review!
Eros Zine

Skater Girl Fever Party

2006-08-18T17:30:00.000-07:00

Don't Miss the Vivid-Alt release party for
SKATER GIRL FEVER
the new movie directed by
renowned LA Photog Dave Naz

Tuesday August 22nd at 8pm
Beauty Bar
1638 N. Cahuenga Blvd
Hollywood 90028

See you there!

more info: vivid-alt.com

Support the Free Speech Coalition

2006-08-08T22:33:00.000-07:00

There's lots of crazy stuff going on in the government lately.
Check for updates here:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble. and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." -The First Ammendment

Strut Your Stuff in My New Movie

2006-07-31T22:24:00.000-07:00

Vena Virago says: You MUST enter Fleshbot’s “So You Want to be a Porn Star” contest.

The grand prize is a trip to Los Angeles, (including hotel room) an ice cream date with the very lovely Dana DeArmond and a role (non-sex) in MY NEW MOVIE called EASTSIDE STORY.
Follow the link for details:
Fleshbot Dana DeArmond Vena Virago Vivid Alt Contest

xxoo Vena

SilverLake Scenesters Review

2006-07-31T22:13:00.000-07:00

Gram Ponante Reviews Silver Lake Scenesters on Fleshbot:
Silverlake Scenesters on Fleshbot

..and about those Box Covers

2006-07-18T14:27:00.000-07:00

Q: How would Vena Virago describe the women of Silver Lake?
A: Bootylicious!!!

Check out Gram's July 13 blog entry:
"Porn Valley Font Panic"
Gram Ponante Porn Valley Observed

Silver Lake Scenesters released...

2006-07-09T11:43:00.000-07:00

Silver Lake Scenesters hit the shelves and on-line stores last week, and I wanted to thank all the people who made it happen. You guys are terrific...
VISIT my website
Silver Lake Scenesters on FLESHBOT
Scenesters story on AVN