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SUSAN MORGAN UNEARTHS AND UNPACKS AN UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT AND ANSWERS A FEW OF OUR #FIFTYQUESTIONS

SSB Away welcomes writer Susan Morgan to Abiquiu. Here project unearths and unpacks an unpublished, illustrated manuscript from 1935: One Hundred Wildflowers of the Pueblo Country with Tewa Indian Names and Uses.

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Lady Pink and Alexandra Henry

Museum of Graffiti to Premiere Acclaimed Doc STREET HEROINES

SSB is proud to support the Premiere of Alexandra Henry’s Street Heroines in celebration of the Museum of Graffiti’s exhibition of NYC artist and icon Lady Pink.

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SSB AWAY Artists in Residence 2021

INTRODUCING SSB AWAY’S 2021 ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

We are pleased to present the 9 visionary artists and activists selected as this year’s SSB Away residents in Abiquiu and Tuscany. Representing multiple disciplines and approaches, their work looks to the future and expands our understanding of creative directions for positive change in ourselves, our communities, and our world.

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Steve Jansen drops seven albums from SSB residency

Steve Jansen, June 2020 SSB Away Artist, Drops Seven Albums from Residency

SSB Away artist Steve Jansen drops a block of new material from Primitive Techno to Plaza Blanca field recordings destined for Section 31, a label devoted to documenting the sound-stacked environment of the Southwest.

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Tipping Point: a documentary film about the largest civil rights protest in U.S. history

SPECIAL SCREENING: Two Days Only!

November 16 and 17, SSB and WE CAN LISTEN present TIPPING POINT, a documentary about the largest civil rights protest in U.S. history and how Portland, Oregon emerged as its epicenter. TIPPING POINT humanizes the struggle while allowing Portland’s story to serve as a mirror for all of America — the past that brought us here and the future we choose.

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Kenny Fries - What Happened Here in the Summer of 1940

What Happened Here in the Summer of 1940?

In a series of six interrelated short videos, Kenny Fries reads excerpts from his forthcoming book Stumbling over History: Disability and the Holocaust.

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mural - The Black Paintings by Izhar Patkin

WHATEVER IS GENTLE AND KIND AND GOOD

Izhar Patkin’s street murals offer a preview of a full-scale exhibition of his early work set to open at Howl! Happening in September 2021.

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Eileen Dover answers SSB's #FiftyQuestions

Eileen Dover Answers a Few of our #FiftyQuestions

Eileen Dover is a DJ, raconteur, writer, actor, artist, activist, comedic queen, survivor, and sober empath.

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Steve Jansen Weird-Ass Techno Salon, Abiquiu New Mexico

Steve Jansen’s Sick-Ass Techno

Steve Jansen’s salon performance was a barrage of sound from sources including found cassettes, a palpitating synth, a “pocket piano,” and a drum machine.

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Kennny Fries reads "How Disability Can Save Your Life"

Kenny Fries Reads “Disability Can Save Your Life”

SSB is proud to present a reading by Kenny Fries—“Disability Can Save Your Life”—a timely poetic expression of the wisdom and experience of living a “disabled” life.

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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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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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