At 9 p.m. Monday, CoMoGloSho will take over Roxy’s with an 18+ black light and glow dance party. It’s not just to celebrate the end of another Monday, though.
The $5 encouraged donation at the door will go toward rebuilding Walt Goodman’s family home that was devastated by the 2011 Joplin tornado.
Goodman is a career firefighter, Latin music enthusiast and cartoonist. He has hosted several community events in the past, including La Movida, the Latin dance party hosted every Friday night by The Blue Fugue on Ninth Street.
Because of the extra hours he has taken at the fire station, Goodman says he hasn’t been able to properly promote his upcoming event. Initially, he didn’t expect it to be as successful as the Joplin relief dance party he hosted at The Blue Note last year, which he says attracted about 100 people. However, various friends and fellow artists, such as Justin Mayfield of Kitchen Table Promotion, have come together to help Goodman promote CoMoGloSho.
“Justin was pivotal for this,” Goodman says. “It’s been a really interesting collection of goodwill among truly creative people.”
Mayfield says he’s happy to help.
“He’s always more than willing to reach out and help people pursue artistic endeavors,” he says of Goodman. “When (Goodman) came and told us (at Kitchen Table Productions) what he was doing, we decided to help him out.”
Goodman says saving the house from destruction was one of the final wishes of his father, who passed away this summer. Proceeds from CoMoGloSho will go to finishing a roof and window installation payment, which Goodman says he hopes will remove the house from Joplin’s demolition list.
“I can’t let that house go,” Goodman says.
Look for superhero cartoons on display at Roxy’s tonight as well. Goodman drew these for his father every day he was in the ICU. The cartoons depict his dad and tell stories Goodman and his father shared. Goodman will also be drawing caricatures and cartoons for donation at one of the event’s art posts.
The dance party will also feature fire-spinning by members of Burn Circus, dancing by Moonbelly Dance Studio and music from Goodman’s flamenco band, Los Desterrados. Three to four art booths set up inside the venue will offer glow art body stenciling and drawing and black light tattooing. People are encouraged to wear neon costumes and bathing suit attire and come early to dance. The first 150 glow-goers get free glow sticks!