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.
Sunder was commissioned by pianist Conor Hanick, regarded as one of his generation’s most inquisitive interpreters of new music whose “technical refinement, color, crispness and wondrous variety of articulation benefit works by any master.” (New York Times)
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Here, Lisa Mezzacappa answers some of our signature #FiftyQuestions giving readers the opportunity to go more deeply into the artist’s creative process.
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SSB Away welcomes bassist, composer, producer Lisa Mezzacappa from San Francisco to Casa Kama in Abiquiu. She’ll be taking advantage of the pristine landscape and silence to fine tune her serial audio opera The Electronic Lover.
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Sola Bamis answers—well almost—all of our #FiftyQuestions, like: What is your current guiding motivation to work and/or express yourself? leaving a blueprint for my daughter’s freedom
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SSB AWAY is pleased to welcome Los Angeles-based actor, writer, performance artist, filmmaker, and photographer, SOLA BAMIS who will be in Abiquiu for a two-week artist residency with a special salon performance on Saturday, July 22nd.
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Jon Mayer, Tipping Point director, talks about being on the streets of Portland every day filming the Black Lives Matter protests and contextualizing the events with producer Julianne Johnson.
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Julianne Johnson, Tipping Point Producer and moderator of the “We Can Listen” social justice series, talks about how the process of producing this film drove her closer to her own purpose.
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Some Serious Business Presents the Portland Theatrical Premiere of TIPPING POINT What The Portland Protests Tell Us About The State Of America Thursday June 15 / 8 PM / Alberta Abbey Filmmaker Q+A And Musical Performance by Mic Crenshaw TICKETS In 2020, following the murder of George Floyd, the largest civil rights protest in recent…
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