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Group shot from the book release party for "We Started a Nightclub"

Opening Reception at Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive

In celebration of “We Started A Nightclub,” Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive presents Pyramid Pioneers, an exhibition, reading, and book signing.

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We Started a Nightclub - front cover

“We Started a Nightclub”: The Birth of the Pyramid Cocktail Lounge as Told by Those Who Lived It

“We Started A Nightclub,” an oral and narrative history of the early days of the club published by SSB and Damiani Books.

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Mariel Roberts Sunder Premiere

World Premiere of Mariel Roberts Sunder in New York

Sunder was commissioned by pianist Conor Hanick, regarded as one of his generation’s most inquisitive interpreters of new music whose “technical refinement, color, crispness and wondrous variety of articulation benefit works by any master.” (New York Times)

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SSB Away artist Lisa Mezzacappa

Fertile Collaborations

Here, Lisa Mezzacappa answers some of our signature #FiftyQuestions giving readers the opportunity to go more deeply into the artist’s creative process.

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SSB Away - Lisa Mezzacappa - photo by Tim Rowe

SSB Away Resident Lisa Mezzacappa

SSB Away welcomes bassist, composer, producer Lisa Mezzacappa from San Francisco to Casa Kama in Abiquiu. She’ll be taking advantage of the pristine landscape and silence to fine tune her serial audio opera The Electronic Lover.

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Sola Bamis

Sola Bamis answers—well almost—all of our #FiftyQuestions, like: What is your current guiding motivation to work and/or express yourself? leaving a blueprint for my daughter’s freedom

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Sola Bamis, summer 2023 SSB Away resident

SSB Away Welcomes Sola Bamis

SSB AWAY is pleased to welcome Los Angeles-based actor, writer, performance artist, filmmaker, and photographer, SOLA BAMIS who will be in Abiquiu for a two-week artist residency with a special salon performance on Saturday, July 22nd.

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Jon Meyer, Tipping Point Director

A Moment in History

Jon Mayer, Tipping Point director, talks about being on the streets of Portland every day filming the Black Lives Matter protests and contextualizing the events with producer Julianne Johnson.

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Julianne R. Johnson, Tipping Point Producer

Two Sides of the Coin

Julianne Johnson, Tipping Point Producer and moderator of the “We Can Listen” social justice series, talks about how the process of producing this film drove her closer to her own purpose.

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photo by Cameron Browne - Tipping Point documetntary

Some Serious Business Presents the Portland Theatrical Premiere of “Tipping Point”

Some Serious Business Presents the Portland Theatrical Premiere of TIPPING POINT What The Portland Protests Tell Us About The State Of America Thursday June 15 / 8 PM / Alberta Abbey Filmmaker Q+A And Musical Performance by Mic Crenshaw TICKETS In 2020, following the murder of George Floyd, the largest civil rights protest in recent…

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Site Santa Fe photo by Brad Trone

Some Serious Business and Site Santa Fe Present: amplifies it, doubles, trebles it

December 10, 2024
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kelechi agwuncha envisions and constructs a new framework for restaging sound artists through public activations—drawing on experimental spatial approaches found in genres like experimental music, disco, punk, and Jamaican dub

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Presentation at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - We Started a Nightclub

SSB and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Present “We Started a Nightclub”

October 10, 2024
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Windy City residents take a deep dive into the birth of New York’s iconic Pyramid Cocktail Lounge

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Save the Ugly Music Festival

August 8, 2024
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SAVE THE UGLY MUSIC FESTIVAL, features music, raffles, murals, a clothing swap, games, and lots of other wacky, experimental art activities and people.

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Incentivizing Humans to Think More Critically About Our Relationship With the Environment

August 7, 2024
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Whether transforming textile waste into beautiful handmade paper and journals or walking across the US collecting litter and connecting with people and communities, Chauncey Foster, co-founder of We Grow Eco, is a visionary—facilitating interactive science, art, and community programs built upon small, unified actions that lead to habitual, social, and systemic change.

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Ann Magnuson as Tammy Faye Bakker

BOOK TALK: Village Preservation

July 11, 2024
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July 25th Zoom Webinar: “We Started a Nightclub” with Susan Martin and Kestutis Nakas moderated by Yael Friedman and hosted by Village Preservation.

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The Electronic Lover

Finale of Lisa Mezzacappa and Beth Lisick’s “The Electronic Lover” Premieres

May 25, 2024
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The finale of Lisa Mezzacappa and Beth Lisick’s audio opera set in chatrooms at the dawn of the internet airs on June 1st.

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Pyramid People - a podcast by Kestutis Nakas about the Pyramid Cocktail Loung

Pyramid People Podcasts

May 25, 2024
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In honor of the publication of “We Started a Nightclub”: The Birth of the Pyramid Cocktail Lounge as Told by Those Who Lived It, co-author Kestutis Nakas talks with key players in the book who tell their stories recalling their friends and collaborators and the culture of the East Village in the early 80s.

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Book Talk at CUNY

May 9, 2024
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Panelists include John Jesurun, Kestutis Nakas, Peter Littlefield, Samoa Moriki, Julie Hair, and John Kelly. Moderated by Frank Hentschker

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The Look Book - photos of Pyramid Club book release party attendees

“WE STARTED A NIGHTCLUB” BOOK EVENTS A VERITABLE LOVE FEST

May 8, 2024
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More than 500 people came to the HA/HA opening and 350 more to the sold out Homecoming show celebrating “We Started a Nightclub.”

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Karload of Klowns

A PYRAMID HOMECOMING at Baker Falls

March 31, 2024
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The sold out show featured performances and readings by talented pioneers from the Pyramid’s heyday.

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