‘Celebrationist’ Chris Wells and The Silver Spaceship prepare for liftoff.
By Sandy MacDonald
His Facebook page IDs ad hoc impresario Chris Wells as an “artpreacher” and “celebrationist.” He’s all that and. A gifted actor/writer himself, he also has a knack for spotting and fostering avant-garde talent. The ongoing “Secret City” gatherings that he began curating and hosting in Manhattan in 2007 earned him a 2010 Obie Special Award and comparable acclaim in LA.
A decade ago, Wells and his husband, artist Bobby Lucy, settled in Woodstock, a town not short on gifted eccentrics. Even there, Wells is a standout. It could be the garb—fantastical outfits commissioned from local designers—but more likely it’s his all-embracing, let’s-party attitude.
This New Year’s Eve, some 350 co-celebrants will join Chris Wells and The Silver Spaceship (billed as “The Greatest All Star Party Band in the Known Universe”) at Colony Woodstock, a reclaimed 1929 ballroom. The theme? “Prepare for Liftoff.”
“Our goal is to transport everyone into the stratosphere, which I think right now is a really good thing to do for people,” Wells says. Any political leanings can be checked at the door. Wells says he anticipates “a very ecstatic, loving, celebratory vibe. Very Woodstock—rock-and-roll happy.”
The (optional) dress code is futuristic, optimistic, silver. In other words, fabulous.
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