Name: That Very Witch: A Book Launch Séance
Start: 2025-08-14T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-08-14T23:30:00-04:00
Location: OS NYC

$That Very Witch: A Book Launch S\u00e9ance$ Join emcee Xero Gravity and the coven for a variety celebration of the sophomore book release from author Payton McCarty-Simas.
About this Event

So mote it be.

Join author and film critic Payton McCarty-Simas and emcee Xero Gravity to celebrate the launch of Payton’s second book, That Very Witch: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Film! Grab a witchy cocktail and get your tarot cards read, get a spooky flash tattoo, or browse some supernatural books and crafts.

Spellbinding drag and burlesque performances by

Cara Mia Antoinette
Bacterial Vaginosis
The Chesapeake Stripper

Flash Tattoos by Foks Lo

Tarot Readings by Angelika, Sisters of Sistrum

About the author:

Payton McCarty-Simas is an author, programmer, and film critic based in New York City. They hold a master’s in film and media studies from Columbia University, where she focused her research on horror film, psychedelia, and the occult in particular. Payton’s writing has been featured in The Brooklyn Rail, Metrograph’s Journal, Rue Morgue, Little White Lies, and others, and she is the author of two books, One Step Short of Crazy: National Treasure and the Landscape of American Conspiracy Culture, and All of Them Witches: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Film.

8pm doors, 10pm show. Bring cash for tribute, tips & general debauchery.