December 12, 2002 - The War on Nightlife: Inside the politics of dancing by Kate Zambreno for Newcity Chicago. Thanks to Brian Buckman for the link.

On November 30, 2002 the NYPD used the NYC cabaret law to shut down a fundraiser event by the Madagascar Institute. Colleen Mulleedy says the cops told her "You have a lot of white people in a bad neighborhood, and they are going to get robbed, raped, and beaten, and we don't want to deal with it," then proceeded to shut down the party.

Those interested in helping repeal the dance laws check out No Dancing Allowed and the Dance Liberation Front, both of which deal with the dance law in NYC. Thanks to masks@blindfold.com for the tip back on January 14, 2002.

The San Francisco Late Night Coalition that was formed by the club owners there to fight similar oppresive SF Laws about busting night clubs, like th Cabaret Laws. They succesfully lobbied the SF City Council to repeal the laws.

There's a New York Late Night Coalition, who along with Dance the Vote is trying to fix the Cabaret Laws in NY.

Some of this information may be out of date as this article was written earlier this year. Please e-mail me with corrections.

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