And the final Quickies takes place Friday, October 2, 7:30-8:30. Free cupcakes, lots of great readers and the great relief for me of not trying to organize another one! They've been fun but no time and it's better to focus on building up In The Flesh. In November I have so many awesome giveaways of sex toys, a $100 Babeland gift card, 2010 Sex Blogger Calendars, and more. But first I have to make it through November - 6 events in October plus plugging sex and comedy night. WOW.
Yes, we are having our first guest host while I'm in San Francisco for
Litquake. I promise you LOTS and LOTS of laughter! Please come out and show Carolyn and everyone else how funny sex can be!
And yes, OF COURSE, there will be free cupcakes!
In the ultra swanky, sexy former massage parlor that is Happy Ending Lounge:
IN THE FLESH EROTIC READING SERIES
SEX AND COMEDY NIGHT
October 15th at 8 PM (doors at 7; we recommend arriving by 7:30 for a seat)
AT HAPPY ENDING LOUNGE, 302 BROOME STREET, NYC
(B/D to Grand, J/M/Z to Bowery, F to Delancey or F/V to 2nd Avenue, http://www.happyendinglounge.com)
Between Forsyth & Eldridge. Look for the hot pink awning that says "XIE HE Health Club."
Admission: Free
Happy Ending Lounge: 212-334-9676
http://www.inthefleshreadingseries.comSex and Comedy Night is back with guest host
Carolyn Castiglia (
Last Comic Standing, Funniest Mom in America) filling in for
Rachel Kramer Bussel. Featuring comedians
Seth Herzog (
Sweet),
Dan Hirshon (
Lampshades and Ottomans),
Shayna Ferm,
Shawn Hollenbach (Miss Fag Hag Pageant),
Margot Leitman (
Stripped Stories) and
Mindy Raf (
Best Night Ever), as well as writers
Marty Beckerman (
Dumbocracy) and
Megan Carpentier. Free cupcakes from
Baked by Melissa will be served.
In the Flesh is a monthly reading series hosted at the appropriately named Happy Ending Lounge, and features the country's best erotic writers sharing stories to get you hot and bothered, hosted and curated by acclaimed erotic writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel. From erotic poetry to down and dirty smut, these authors get naked on the page and will make you lust after them and their words. Since its debut in October 2005, In the Flesh has featured such authors as Laura Antoniou, Mo Beasley, Susie Bright, Lily Burana, Jessica Cutler, Mike Daisey, Stephen Elliott, Valerie Frankel, Polly Frost, Gael Greene, Andy Horwitz, Debra Hyde, Maxim Jakubowski, Emily Scarlet Kramer of CAKE, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Edith Layton, Logan Levkoff, Suzanne Portnoy, Sofia Quintero, M.J. Rose, Lauren Sanders, Danyel Smith, Grant Stoddard, Cecilia Tan, Carol Taylor, Dana Vachon, Veronica Vera, Susan Wright, Zane and many others. The series has gotten press attention from the
New York Times’s UrbanEye,
Escape (Hong Kong), Flavorpill,
The L Magazine, New York Magazine,
New York Observer, Philadelphia City Paper, Time Out New York, Flavorwire, Gothamist, Jezebel.com, Nerve.com and Wonkette, and has been praised by Dr. Ruth.
Marty Beckerman, 26, is the author of
Dumbocracy, Generation S.L.U.T. and
Death to All Cheerleaders. He has written for
Playboy, Discover, Huffington Post,
New York Press, mediabistro and The Daily Beast, and has been featured by the
New York Times, Gawker, MSNBC, ABCNews.com, Salon.com and National Public Radio. Christian Lander, bestselling author of
Stuff White People Like, said of
Dumbocracy: "Beckerman uses the deft and subtle touch of a sledgehammer. If you can read this entire book without being offended, then there is a good chance that you are illiterate. If you can read this entire book and not enjoy it, then there's a good chance you take yourself too seriously."
www.martybeckerman.com
Megan Carpentier is a freelance writer and a former editor of Jezebel.com whose work has also been published in The Daily Beast,
Glamour and
Ms. 
chaoticmegan.blogspot.comCarolyn Castiglia has been seen and heard nationally on VH1, MTV2, NBC's
Last Comic Standing, Nick-at-Nite's
Funniest Mom in America, The Maury Show, ABC World News with Charles Gibson and Sirius/XM Radio. She performs stand-up all over New York, in both alternative venues and mainstream clubs. Internationally she's appeared at the Comedy Cafe in Amsterdam and most recently at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where she filmed a pilot for BBC3 with Brown Eyed Boy called
Laughter Shock, showcasing the 14 edgiest International stand-ups at the Fringe. Her solo show,
Brown Ambition, has been performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Off-Broadway at 59E59 Theatres and premiered at Ars Nova. Her joke writing has appeared in
Time Out New York, the New York Post and
The Idiot's Guide to Jokes.
http://carolyncastiglia.blogspot.com 
photo by Anya Garrett
Shayna Ferm performs solo, with her band and also with her sketch comedy group, Fearsome, at music and comedy venues all over NYC. Her band, "Shayna Ferm and the Upper Deckers" released their first album,
Blonde, last year. She is currently working on a video project for one of her latest hits.
www.shaynaferm.com
Seth Herzog has been a professional actor since elementary school and performing stand up since the 5th grade talent show. After doing a lot of theater as a youth (and 5 summers at Stagedoor Manor), he found stand up again once he moved back to NY in 1994, and since than has a been a vital force in the thriving downtown scene. He's the creator and producer of
Sweet, a long running, popular show at the Slipper Room. Sweet has hosted some of the greatest talents in the country, along with his Mom. On the big screen, Seth has appeared the films,
Role Models, The Ten, The Baxter, Safe Men, In the Weeds and upcoming
The Winning Season. On the small screen, Seth has been a regular pop culture pundit on VH1's
Best Week Ever and
All Access series for the last 5 years. Also, he's had some memorable turns on Comedy Central's "The Chappelle Show" & "Stella" as well as, CBS's
Love Monkey, E!
#1 Single, and AMC's
Date Night.
Though incapable of doing his own laundry,
Dan Hirshon is able to leave audiences in hysterics. Since taking the spotlight in Boston's Theater District several years ago Dan has performed at the Boston and Las Vegas Comedy Festivals, co-written and produced the sketch comedy album,
Lampshades and Ottomans, and shared secrets about his traumatic childhood with strangers from Maine to South Africa. If you are looking to laugh or just looking for a 90-pound basket case with a Jewfro who dresses like a seventh grader, then you'll love Dan.
Shawn Hollenbach is a New York based stand-up comedian, improv actor and songwriter. You may have seen him on Logo's
Gayest Week Ever or hear him occasionally on
The Frank DeCaro Show on Sirus/XM's OutQ Radio. He has been featured on two episodes of
Hot Gay Comics Live on here! TV and was the host of a celebrity video podcast,
Busted. Shawn is the producer of
Closet Cases, a Critics' Pick for
Time Out NY and a Homo Must for
HX Magazine. He was the creator and co-producer of the Miss Fag Hag Pageant featuring Caroline Rhea, Hedda Lettuce and Michael Musto. He also co-produces The Back Room at Comix Ochi's Lounge and The Skip and Sparkle Variety Show as Skip Lickdale with Katina Corrao. Shawn has also been on the Comedy Central at Crash Mansion Showcase and has performed with the Funny Gay Males 20th Anniversary Show at Gotham Comedy Club.
www.shawnhollenbach.com
Margot Leitman’s off beat, brutally honest, fearless comedy has earned her two ECNY “Best Female Stand Up” nominations and the “Joke of the Week” in
Time Out New York. Margot now regularly appears as various characters, including the cult favorite Gynoblast on
Late Night With Conan O’ Brien, in addition to appearances on VH1’s
Best Week Ever, ESPN’s
Cheap Seats, AMC, the Style Network, E!, Comedy Central, MTV and NBC Broadband. Most recently she can be heard as the voice of “Fox” on the new Spike TV cartoon
The Team, as a featured comedian on Comedy Central.com’s
Weekly Evil, and dancing in the current Mohegan Sun ad campaign. Every month she and Giulia Rozzi co-host the wildly popular, monthly, sex-themed storytelling show
Stripped Stories. Margot has been featured in
Glamour magazine, and the books
Fifty Dates Worse Than Yours and
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Jokes. She has written online for the Lifetime Network, College Humor.com, EHow.com and in print for
Playgirl magazine.
www.margotleitman.com
Mindy Raf has appeared regularly on VH1's
Best Night Ever, and has contributed her comedy and voiceover work for WACB, The Daily Comedy Network, and Embraceyourgrace.com. Mindy also authored a widely-read relationship column on College Humor.com that has been featured in
The New Yorker and the
New York Post. Mindy performs stand-up and musical comedy as well as sketch characters all over New York, in both alternative venues and mainstream clubs. Her most popular character being chick rocker/vegan activist Leibya (Labia) Rogers, who she played recently in her solo show Leibya Fair! Mindy is currently working on her first novel which is set to be published by Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin.
www.mindyraf.com
Labels: Carolyn Castiglia, comedians, comedy, Happy Ending, In The Flesh, Margot Leitman, Marty Beckerman, Megan Carpentier, Mindy Raf, Quickies, reading series, Seth Herzog, Shawn Hollenbach, Shayna Ferm
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