# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Artist Salon:  Stand-Up; Film; Spoken Word; Video & More !!!
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 10:30 pm
- **Event Description**: It’s a brand new year, and the Mothershippers have a brand new bag of goodies to share with you! An experimental, interdisciplinary dance performance by Leila Lois (Australia); spoken word by poet Yining Bie (China); standup act by actress/comedian Cathie Boruch (US); slide talk by visual artist Asli Narin (Turkey); and video art by interdisciplinary artist Violetta Vigh (Hungary).

There is no cover charge, but please bring some cash to make it rain on our fabulous presenting artists — tipping the talent is part of the fun!

VIOLETTA VIGH
Media designer based in Budapest, Hungary. Says Violetta: “Using various forms and technologies of Media art, I express different phenomena, conflicts, and dilemmas through visual metaphors. I am particularly interested in research-based projects that allow me to investigate various scientific and sociological topics through an archaeological lens. Playful in tone, my works draw on personal experiences as well and engage with themes like competitiveness, work, conformity, restlessness, chaos, control, and uncertainty.”

YINING BIE
Bie Yining (b. 2005) is a poet and artist. She lives in Guangdong, China. Her work is in the field of contemporary experimental poetry, physical and video game fictions, and conceptual installations, concerned with the im/possibile link between expression and connection.  Her poems have appeared in 3:AM Magazine, dadakuku, and Antiphony Journal. She has studied with YALDA collective and has a long-running collaborative mentorship with British poet S.J. Fowler.

CATHIE BORUCH
Cathie is a New York City actress, comedian, and filmmaker. Her one-woman show, Downtown Mermaid was featured in The One Festival, United Solo, and The People’s Improv Theatre. As a stand-up comedian, she’s known for her infectious enthusiasm and stream of consciousness style of humor. She’s produced and hosted a variety of comedy shows including the popular Ten Penny Comedy in lower Manhattan.
Cathie is an expert in the punk rock scene of the ’70s and ’80s. Her work at WBAI Radio prompted weekly segments where she interviewed music legends: Les Paul, Eddie Money, Carl Perkins, Bo Didley, Davey Jones, and Joey Ramone to name a few. Eventually, her work culminated in the radio documentary Johnny Thunders Memory. You can listen to the audio version at The Paley Institute in Manhattan. Her unique photography has been featured at The Bowery Electric and Chelsea Arts Gallery. Her short film Behind the Mask, the World According to Covid, won Best Comedy Short at the Marina Del Rey Film Festival in 2021.

LEILA LOIS
Leila Lois is a writer and dancer of Kurdish-Celtic origin based in Melbourne, Australia. She has poetry, essays and short stories published internationally for publications including LA Review of Books, Honey Literary Journal and Cordite. She is also published in several anthologies, most recently "Sleeping in the Courtyard: Kurdish Writers in Diaspora", edited by Holly Mason Badra and published by University of Arkansas Press. Her dance work has been commissioned internationally.
One Body, One Soul is an experimental interdisciplinary performance work that disrupts traditional ballet narrative by investigating the legendary partnership of Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. It blends choreography, poetry and projections by Leila Lois. Rather than creating conventional tribute or documentary work, this project subverts classical ballet's historical reverence by using her contemporary body as a site of investigation—fragmenting, embodying, and reimagining the archive through collision of non-fiction poetry, live choreography, archival projection, and collaborative soundscape. Leila's work disrupts the orthodoxy and Westernized balletic tradition with narrative more vital to her experience, and Fonteyn and Nureyev’s truths, using refugee, queer and feminist lenses. 

ASLI NARIN
Asli Narin is a visual artist working across photography, video, and installation. Her work explores cosmic awareness, interconnectedness, and the spiritual dimensions of nature. Using image-making as a meditative and intuitive process, she engages techniques such as cyanotype and moving images to examine how the self relates to the larger rhythms of the natural and spiritual world.
Narin’s recent body of work includes Syzygy, a public mural translating celestial harmony into visual abstraction. Inspired by planetary alignments and spiritual balance, Syzygy reflects on the invisible threads connecting the universe and personal experience. Another major work, Hand in Hand, explores the themes of migration, memory, and family lineage, merging archival photographs with storytelling to honor generational resilience.
Born in Istanbul and currently based in the U.S., Narin brings a diasporic and feminine perspective to her practice. Her art often emerges from a space of quiet reflection, offering poetic gestures toward healing, belonging, and transformation.
Her work has been exhibited internationally and supported by residencies and cultural institutions. Narin holds an MA in Photography from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a BA in Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design from Sabanci University. Narin also teaches photography and visual communication design, encouraging students to explore visual language as a means of spiritual and personal exploration.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/long-island-city/artist-salon-stand-up;-film;-spoken-word;-video-and-more/200029518156011
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment, comedy, theatre, spoken-word, festivals, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 24

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Long Island City
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Last Frontier NYC
- **lat**: 40.734656158243
- **long**: -73.942914723556
- **full address**: Last Frontier NYC, 520 Kingsland Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222-2375, United States, Long Island City

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Artist Salon:  Stand-Up; Film; Spoken Word; Video & More !!! being held?
  - **A:** Artist Salon:  Stand-Up; Film; Spoken Word; Video & More !!! takes place on Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 10:30 pm at Last Frontier NYC, 520 Kingsland Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222-2375, United States, Long Island City.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Artist Salon:  Stand-Up; Film; Spoken Word; Video & More !!!?
  - **A:** Artist Salon:  Stand-Up; Film; Spoken Word; Video & More !!! is organized by Mothership NYC.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Artist Salon:  Stand-Up; Film; Spoken Word; Video & More !!! is ideal for comedy fans, stand-up enthusiasts, and anyone looking for a dedicated session of curated laughs, professional acts, and sharp wit from seasoned performers. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Long Island City, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Artist Salon:  Stand-Up; Film; Spoken Word; Video & More !!! sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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