After taking stock of the community they'd built over three years of co-hosting the long-running local open mic program 'Show N' Tell,' as well as the emerging network of neighborhood mutual aid organizations that cropped up during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dausch started to dream big.
And for the past few years, there's been a new Dave in town: Dave's Lesbian Bar, a pop-up event series that I've been involved with as a volunteer and a worker.ĭave's Lesbian Bar is a monthly pop-up event started by Kristin Dausch - also known as 'Dave' - a Midwest transplant who landed in New York in 2009 and began working as a nanny while moonlighting as a singer, songwriter and performer.
It's a brand that camouflages itself into any local landscape - reliable but nearly invisible. At the core of each Dave's Lesbian Bar event remains a focus on live music and mutual aid, and a communal energy that underlines both of those experiences.Īmanda my neighborhood of Astoria in Queens, N.Y., there's a Dave's for almost everything, from Dave's Shoes to Dave's Cabinets.
