SSB and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Present “We Started a Nightclub”
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
SAVE THE UGLY MUSIC FESTIVAL, features music, raffles, murals, a clothing swap, games, and lots of other wacky, experimental art activities and people.
Incentivizing Humans to Think More Critically About Our Relationship With the Environment
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.
BOOK TALK: Village Preservation
July 25th Zoom Webinar: “We Started a Nightclub” with Susan Martin and Kestutis Nakas moderated by Yael Friedman and hosted by Village Preservation.
Finale of Lisa Mezzacappa and Beth Lisick’s “The Electronic Lover” Premieres
The finale of Lisa Mezzacappa and Beth Lisick’s audio opera set in chatrooms at the dawn of the internet airs on June 1st.
Pyramid People Podcasts
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.
Book Talk at CUNY
Panelists include John Jesurun, Kestutis Nakas, Peter Littlefield, Samoa Moriki, Julie Hair, and John Kelly. Moderated by Frank Hentschker
“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.
SSB launches But Seriously—a benefit print series featuring artists that use humor to shine a light on the cultural, political, and emotional temper of our times.
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Yoga teacher Deborah Wolk and artist Kim Reinhardt investigate the relationships between the structure of the human nervous system and the energetic systems of the natural environment in this collaborative SSB Away residency and book project.
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SSB is proud to showcase a new exhibition by Evans, who was 2018’s SSB Away artist in residence in Tuscany, Italy for 3 weeks.
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Composer, performer, and improvisor Mariel Roberts embarks upon an SSB Away artist residency in Hawaii where she’ll work on a new solo piano piece commissioned by New York based pianist Conor Hanick.
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We’re pleased to share this article in Hyperallergic about the influence of Alternative Spaces in 1970s LA. Founded at the height of the Conceptual 70s and LA Punk, in 3 short years, SSB presented close to 50 performances and events with wide-ranging creators—many at the earliest stages of their careers.
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SSB is proud to support the immersive music video cantata “Whiteness: Part One” by Paul Pinto + Kameron Neal.
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SSB is delighted to support the Premiere in New Mexico of The Spirit Coalescent, a multi-dimensional performance featuring indigenous artists.
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On View at the Denver Botanical Garden January 15 – April 3, 2022. Hilary Lorenz’s immersive installations highlight the capacity of artmaking to forge powerful and unexpected connections between people.
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On December lst, SSB Joins with all those we mourn the loss of friends, colleagues, role models and beloved citizens of the world to commemorate those who succumbed to AIDS.
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Yael Friedman of the Economist captures the spirit of Howl! and the East Village as SSB creative partners celebrate the opening of Howl Arts/Howl Archive.
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