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
Windy City residents take a deep dive into the birth of New York’s iconic Pyramid Cocktail Lounge
SAVE THE UGLY MUSIC FESTIVAL, features music, raffles, murals, a clothing swap, games, and lots of other wacky, experimental art activities and people.
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.
July 25th Zoom Webinar: “We Started a Nightclub” with Susan Martin and Kestutis Nakas moderated by Yael Friedman and hosted by Village Preservation.
The finale of Lisa Mezzacappa and Beth Lisick’s audio opera set in chatrooms at the dawn of the internet airs on June 1st.
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.
Panelists include John Jesurun, Kestutis Nakas, Peter Littlefield, Samoa Moriki, Julie Hair, and John Kelly. Moderated by Frank Hentschker
More than 500 people came to the HA/HA opening and 350 more to the sold out Homecoming show celebrating “We Started a Nightclub.”
The sold out show featured performances and readings by talented pioneers from the Pyramid’s heyday.
Today on Planet Juniper(10:00 am 96.9 KMRD MADRID NM) Bett Williams will be talking with Quintan Ana Wikswo about “Out Here Death is No Big Deal” her project on gender violence against indigenous women and border femicide. Susan Martin will join us to talk about Lydia Lunch‘s visionary new work. Listeners in Madrid and Cerrillos…
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In his new book, Black Night, Black Knight, Tyler’s poems evoke a time when phone booths still existed, you could smoke on planes, and Richard Nixon had just died—inspiring the shortest poem in the book: “Good.” Infamous for breaking his arm during a particularly tumultuous reading, Tyler’s writing is fueled by a red-hot, molten exchange…
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Join filmmaker Alexandra Henry and a catalytic group of artists for a special exhibition of the artists’ work to benefit STREET HEROINES, a feature documentary that celebrates the creativity and courage of female graffiti and street artists. Against great odds, these articulate, talented, and strong young women are producing visually stunning work that transforms the…
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