Dixon Place hosts "The Artist Ball"

Gay playwright Craig Lucas and lesbian performance artist Holly Hughes join Steve Buscemi, Blue Man Group, Camryn Manheim, Robert LaFosse, Jane Siberry, Patricia Field, and many more in hosting "The Artist Ball," a fund-raiser for Dixon Place, at Spa, 76 E. 13th Street in New York City. The evening will feature costume contests, raffles (for plane tickets, makeovers, CDs, and more), and music from DJ John-John. Dixon Place is a performance space where such artists as Hughes, Reno, Eve Ensler, the Five Lesbian Brothers, Meredith Monk, and Wallace Shawn have incubated new theater pieces. For more information, call (212) 532-1546.