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Trey Speegle - The Future Was Better

What Are You Waiting For?

SSB is pleased to present Trey Speegle’s answers to some of our #FiftyQuestions in honor of the publication of his lithograph in SSB’s “But Seriously” benefit print series. “New Happy Now still holds up for me,” he says. It’s one of those ubiquitous phrases I employ in my work.”

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Karen Finley How to Arrange Books

A Word from Karen Finley

Karen Finley talks about humor and joy of being alive.

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But Seriously - 3 new prints

Karen Finley, Trey Speegle and Carey Maxon Prints

SSB Publishes 3 new lithographs by artists Karen Finley, Trey Speegle and Carey Maxon in the But Seriously benefit print series.

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“Say Their Names” graffiti from the Tipping Point documentary

What the #BLM Protests in Portland Tell Us About America

Virtual screening of Tipping Point documents eye-witness footage and perspectives of local protesters, police, activists, live-streamers, historians, and civil rights advocates.

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Do you need a penis to climb a ladder?

Street Heroines NYC Premiere

SSB is proud to announce the NYC Premiere of Street Heroines by director Alexandra Henry on September 14th at the Nitehawk Cinema. Second show added on Sept. 20th.

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Jennifer Abbott and film crew in the Amazon Rainforest

The Magnitude of All Things

SSB is pleased to welcome Canadian documentary filmmaker and media artist Jennifer Abbott and to present her visionary thoughts and personal recollections in our #FiftyQuestions series.

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Jennifer Abbott in Tasmania

Noria Café and Screening of “The Magnitude of All Things”

On Saturday, August 20th , SSB and Únashay invites you to a screening of Jennifer Abbott’s prescient film, The Magnitude of All Things in collaboration with Únashay’s first Noria (grief) café.

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Singer / songwriter Amy Hills SSB Away Salon

Singer / Songwriter Amy Hills in Concert

Join us for a concert by SSB Away singer/songwriter Amy Hills as she shares her life’s transformative journey in words and music.

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Anthony Haden-Guest - Good Self Bad Self

The Endless Curiosity of Anthony Haden-Guest

Cultural Commentator Anthony Haden-Guest fills us in on his creative process, the art world, and his sense of humor in this episode of our signature #FiftyQuestions.

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Elae Moss photograph

Meet the SSB Away Artists

Presenting two free events for the community to meet SSB Away artists Elæ Moss and Amy Hills.

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kelechi agwuncha - photo by louie perea

A Sonic Architecture of Experimental Performance and Sound

January 2, 2025
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As an Igbo-American sound and video artist, kelechi’s work recalibrates, dismantles, and animates the conventions of performance spaces, culminating in amplifies it, doubles, trebles it.

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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 CYNY

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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