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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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Kenny Fries - In the Province of the Gods

KENNY FRIES AWARDED #SSBAWAY 2020 TUSCANY RESIDENCY

Some Serious Business has selected author Kenny Fries for a month-long residency in the fall of 2020 at Podere Malabiccia, a 40-acre working olive-oil farm just outside the tiny hamlet of Petroio, Tuscany.

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Dead Cat Bounce - new album from Isolation Society

ISOLATION SOCIETY ANSWERS A FEW OF OUR #FIFTYQUESTIONS

A “modern-day gothic New York City noise band that foreshadowed our current reality of social distancing and isolation,” Isolation Society answers some of the #FiftyQuestions.

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Kestutis Nakas - photo by John W. Sisson Jr.

Kestutis Nakas Answers A Lot of our #FiftyQuestions

#SSBAWAY is pleased to welcome artists-in-residence Kestutis and Peanuts to Plaza Blanca.

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Steve Jansen answers SSB Fifty Questions

Steve Jansen Answers a Few of our #FiftyQuestions

Steve Jansen SSB AWAY Artist in Residence answers a few of SSB’s #FiftyQuestions.

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recording artist Steve Jansen comes to SSB Away

SSB Presents Steve Jansen: A Square Peg in a Round Hole

Steve Jansen, coming soon to SSB AWAY, is a sound maker who worked exclusively as a writer and visual artist for more than a decade.

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musician Lisa Kori

LISA KORI RELEASES “UNSEEN”

Having exhibited internationally as a media artist, Lisa Kori restarts her career after a long illness with Unseen, a new 3-track single.

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Izhar Patkin show postponed until further notice

IZHAR PATKIN THE MAKING OF THE BLACK PAINTINGS POSTPONED

Howl! Happening is closed until further notice and Izhar’s exhibition will be postponed. Be good to yourself, those you love, and all of us. Practice generosity and love.

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

Opening Reception at Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive

March 30, 2024
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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

March 22, 2024
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“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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Edgar Oliver as the archbishop of Riga

Edgar Arthur as the Archbishop of Riga

February 12, 2024
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February 12, 2024
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Three Teens Kill Four performing at the Pyramid Cocktail Lounge

Three Teens Kill Four

February 12, 2024
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the Pyramid Cocktail Lounge felt like One Big Yes

Ann Magnuson quote

February 12, 2024
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Pyramid Pioneers at Howl Arts Howl Archive

Pyramid Pioneers at HA/HA

February 12, 2024
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