Chi Chi Valenti Explained

Chi Chi Valenti
Pseudonym:"The Empress"
Birth Place:Manhattan, New York, United States
Occupation:Journalist, nightlife producer, performance artist
Nationality:American

Chi Chi Valenti is an American journalist, nightlife producer, and performance artist.[1] [2] [3]

Career

Writing for Details and The Village Voice, Valenti became one of the first journalists to chronicle 1980s Ball culture in the Bronx.[4] In 1991, Valenti and her husband Johnny Dynell created "Night of 1000 Stevies," an annual Stevie Nicks tribute which has continued for more than thirty years and featured performances by Debbie Harry, Cyndi Lauper, Boy George, Justin Bond, Sherry Vine, Taylor Mac, and Basil Twist.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] From 1996 to 2000, Valenti co-owned Mother, a nightclub which hosted parties such as Jackie 60 and Click + Drag, and would later be the subject of the 2011 Blondie song, "Mother".[10] Since 2002, Valenti has produced the Howl Festival, named after the Allen Ginsberg poem and performed annually in Tompkins Square Park.[11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Broughton. Frank. Chi Chi Valenti took back the night. DjHistory. April 13, 2023.
  2. Web site: Newsletter. Nichelle. Chi Chi Valenti, Nightlife Empress. Gothamist. April 13, 2023.
  3. Web site: O'Neill. Rosemary. Interview with Chi Chi Valenti of Motherboards NYC. Hey Stack!. April 13, 2023.
  4. Web site: Goodman. Elyssa. The Historic, Mainstream Appropriation of Ballroom Culture. them. April 13, 2023.
  5. Web site: Staff Writer. Inside the Most Twirltastic Tribute Show in NYC: Night of 1000 Stevies. Rolling Stone. April 13, 2023.
  6. Web site: Mullin. Kaitlyn. Night of 1,000 Stevies. The New York Times. April 13, 2023.
  7. Web site: Simpson. Linda. Wouldn’t You Love to Love Her. Artforum. April 13, 2023.
  8. Web site: Gill. Sean. Rumours. Hobart. April 13, 2023.
  9. Web site: Wigandt. Hannah. Stevie Nicks: What Happens at the Night of a Thousand Stevies Ball?. Showbiz CheatSheet. April 13, 2023.
  10. Web site: Manning. Sean. DJ Johnny Dynell And The Glories Of New York’s 80s Club Scene. The Awl. April 13, 2023.
  11. News: Ashman. Angela. Poetic License. 2014-10-23. Village Voice. 2012-05-23.
  12. News: Tompkins Square Park Celebrates HOWL! Festival. 2014-10-22. DNAinfo. 2011-06-04. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141103090655/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110604/lower-east-side-east-village/tompkins-square-park-celebrates-howl-festival. 2014-11-03.

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