Book Talk at CUNY
Panelists include John Jesurun, Kestutis Nakas, Peter Littlefield, Samoa Moriki, Julie Hair, and John Kelly. Moderated by Frank Hentschker
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“WE STARTED A NIGHTCLUB” BOOK EVENTS A VERITABLE LOVE FEST
More than 500 people came to the HA/HA opening and 350 more to the sold out Homecoming show celebrating “We Started a Nightclub.”
A PYRAMID HOMECOMING at Baker Falls
The sold out show featured performances and readings by talented pioneers from the Pyramid’s heyday.
Opening Reception at Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive
In celebration of “We Started A Nightclub,” Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive presents Pyramid Pioneers, an exhibition, reading, and book signing.
“We Started a Nightclub”: The Birth of the Pyramid Cocktail Lounge as Told by Those Who Lived It
“We Started A Nightclub,” an oral and narrative history of the early days of the club published by SSB and Damiani Books.
World Premiere of Mariel Roberts Sunder in New York
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)
Fertile Collaborations
Here, Lisa Mezzacappa answers some of our signature #FiftyQuestions giving readers the opportunity to go more deeply into the artist’s creative process.
SSB Away Resident Lisa Mezzacappa
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.
Sola Bamis
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
SSB Away Welcomes Sola Bamis
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.
Laurie Anderson letter from 1978 discovered while foraging in the SSB Collection at the Archives of American Art illustrates her wit and storytelling chops early in her artistic trajectory.
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SSB is pleased to present Trey Speegle’s answers to some of our #FiftyQuestions in honor of the publication of his lithograph in SSB’s “But Seriously” benefit print series. “New Happy Now still holds up for me,” he says. It’s one of those ubiquitous phrases I employ in my work.”
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Karen Finley talks about humor and joy of being alive.
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SSB Publishes 3 new lithographs by artists Karen Finley, Trey Speegle and Carey Maxon in the But Seriously benefit print series.
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Virtual screening of Tipping Point documents eye-witness footage and perspectives of local protesters, police, activists, live-streamers, historians, and civil rights advocates.
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SSB is proud to announce the NYC Premiere of Street Heroines by director Alexandra Henry on September 14th at the Nitehawk Cinema. Second show added on Sept. 20th.
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SSB is pleased to welcome Canadian documentary filmmaker and media artist Jennifer Abbott and to present her visionary thoughts and personal recollections in our #FiftyQuestions series.
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On Saturday, August 20th , SSB and Únashay invites you to a screening of Jennifer Abbott’s prescient film, The Magnitude of All Things in collaboration with Únashay’s first Noria (grief) café.
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Join us for a concert by SSB Away singer/songwriter Amy Hills as she shares her life’s transformative journey in words and music.
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