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Gabba Gabba Hey - part of the inaugural exhibit at Howl Arts / Howl Archive

SSB Creative Partner Howl! Arts in the Economist

Yael Friedman of the Economist captures the spirit of Howl! and the East Village as SSB creative partners celebrate the opening of Howl Arts/Howl Archive.

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Street Heroines - a film by Alexandra Henry

New Mexico Native Alexandra Henry’s “Street Heroines” an Official Selection at the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival

Street Heroines: The First Documentary to Capture the Collective Voices of Female Street Artists screens Friday, Oct 15 and Sat, October 16

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Mike DeCapite book launch: Jacket Weather

The Individual IS Universal

On the occasion of the publication of his highly praised first novel, Jacket Weather, SSB is delighted to present Mike’s thoughts on his creative process in our signature #FiftyQuestions series. Mike will be reading at a publication party at Howl! Happening on October 10th.

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Richard Hambleton-Untitled (Leaping Shadowman), ca 2000

Grand Opening: Icons, Iconoclasts, and Outsiders

Grand Opening of Howl! Arts/Howl! Achive Sunday, September 19th / 11 AM–6 PM. Some Serious business congratulates our partners at Howl! Arts on the launch of their new space at 250 Bowery with an exhibition that presents works by artists, writers, musicians, scenesters, performers, icons, iconoclasts, and outsiders from the permanent collection.

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DREAMERS project Nuvolaproject Rome Italy

DREAMERS: A Video Installation Featuring Works by 40 International Artists

DREAMERS: An Outdoor Video Installation Featuring Works by 40 International Artists Projected on the Urban Landscape of New York. On the night of September 10th at 9 PM, DREAMERS, video projections by artists from around the world will light up the City. Simultaneously screened on dozens of buildings and outdoor spaces around the city they will create a dazzling moment of shared experience and community.

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meet elijah mckinnon at beastly books

Artist/Activist Elijah McKinnon at Beastly Books, Santa Fe

Cultivating The Next Generation of Storytellers & Audiences for Their Stories: Elijah McKinnon at Beastly Books

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SSB Away artist Elijah McKinnon - photo by Jackie Rivase

ARTIST/ACTIVIST ELIJAH MCKINNON COMES TO ABIQUIU

Some Serious Business welcomes Elijah McKinnon to Abiquiu as part of its SSB Away artist residency project. In our signature #FiftyQuestions series, he gives us insights into his vision, influences, and dreams.

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Delbert Anderson SSB Away

Fostering the Healing Power of Music

Diné/Navajo jazz-trumpet artist, composer, educator, and community leader Delbert Anderson answers some of SSB Away’s #FIFTYQUESTIONS. Anderson will play a free concert on July 24th.

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Tony de los Reyes SSB Away artist in resident

SSB AWAY RESIDENT TONY DE LOS REYES REFLECTS ON HIS WORK IN OUR #FIFTYQUESTIONS

Tony De los Reyes’ work focuses on stretches of borderlands in the high and low desert between Jacumba, California and Mexicali, Mexico—relying heavily upon photographic documentation—with its flora, fauna, and geologic intensity that seems to defy the border wall which cuts through it.

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Richard Mock - Gentrification Slug

RICHARD MOCK: EARLY SSB PIONEER’S LINOCUTS ON VIEW

Way back in the day when SSB was just starting, David Ross, who lived in front of my little house in Venice, asked if I could put up a friend who was coming to LA.

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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 festival banner

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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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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