Gone are the wood panels and ceiling fans of the Market Street original in Sadie’s version - which she created in 2019 and staged here in conjunction with the Studio Museum in Harlem - gallerygoers will find a slim horseshoe-shaped bar with pink neon lighting sleek, geometric barstools in white leather and modular couches in holographic vinyl. The real New Eagle Creek was San Francisco’s first Black-owned gay bar when Rodney opened it in 1990.
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Juana was one in a series of DJs brought in to activate The New Eagle Creek Saloon, an installation by artist Sadie Barnette that reimagines her father Rodney Barnette’s bar in San Francisco and is on view at the Kitchen through March 6.
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There’s only one way to heat up a dance floor. Most of the patrons stood wiggling along the periphery until Juana made a shivering motion, spread her arms wide, and beckoned everyone to come in. It was all a bit of theater, a bit of simulacrum the cavernous dark and the bone-penetrating bass line allowed us to pretend it was nighttime at the club and not daytime at an art space near the High Line. DJ Juana, in a black T-shirt, a black mask, and hoops, spun house records while episodes of the ’80s dance show Attack of the Boogie played overhead.
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On a recent Saturday afternoon, amid emergency alerts for snow squalls, a dance floor in Chelsea lit up with beats from Chicago. Photo: Charles Caesar for New York Magazine
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The bar serves exceptional craft cocktails and boasts a nice selection of craft beers. The name is meant to evoke the idea that the LGBT community has come a long way toward being inclusive and all-welcoming, and indeed, the crowd is fairly mixed. Progress Bar: A swanky nightspot with a fanciful, eye-catching "cloud" ceiling, this bar draws in the well-dressed bunch.Berlin: A friendly dance club on the busy Belmont Avenue, Berlin has been a gay nightlife mainstay in Chicago for many years, its success due largely to its come-one-come-all vibe.