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
SSBLOG
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.
Street Heroines: The First Documentary to Capture the Collective Voices of Female Street Artists screens Friday, Oct 15 and Sat, October 16
Read More
On the occasion of the publication of his highly praised first novel, Jacket Weather, SSB is delighted to present Mike’s thoughts on his creative process in our signature #FiftyQuestions series. Mike will be reading at a publication party at Howl! Happening on October 10th.
Read More
Grand Opening of Howl! Arts/Howl! Achive Sunday, September 19th / 11 AM–6 PM. Some Serious business congratulates our partners at Howl! Arts on the launch of their new space at 250 Bowery with an exhibition that presents works by artists, writers, musicians, scenesters, performers, icons, iconoclasts, and outsiders from the permanent collection.
Read More
DREAMERS: An Outdoor Video Installation Featuring Works by 40 International Artists Projected on the Urban Landscape of New York. On the night of September 10th at 9 PM, DREAMERS, video projections by artists from around the world will light up the City. Simultaneously screened on dozens of buildings and outdoor spaces around the city they will create a dazzling moment of shared experience and community.
Read More
Cultivating The Next Generation of Storytellers & Audiences for Their Stories: Elijah McKinnon at Beastly Books
Read More
Some Serious Business welcomes Elijah McKinnon to Abiquiu as part of its SSB Away artist residency project. In our signature #FiftyQuestions series, he gives us insights into his vision, influences, and dreams.
Read More
Diné/Navajo jazz-trumpet artist, composer, educator, and community leader Delbert Anderson answers some of SSB Away’s #FIFTYQUESTIONS. Anderson will play a free concert on July 24th.
Read More
Tony De los Reyes’ work focuses on stretches of borderlands in the high and low desert between Jacumba, California and Mexicali, Mexico—relying heavily upon photographic documentation—with its flora, fauna, and geologic intensity that seems to defy the border wall which cuts through it.
Read More
Way back in the day when SSB was just starting, David Ross, who lived in front of my little house in Venice, asked if I could put up a friend who was coming to LA.
Read More
SUSAN MORGAN UNEARTHS AND UNPACKS AN UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT AND ANSWERS A FEW OF OUR #FIFTYQUESTIONS
SSB Away welcomes writer Susan Morgan to Abiquiu. Here project unearths and unpacks an unpublished, illustrated manuscript from 1935: One Hundred Wildflowers of the Pueblo Country with Tewa Indian Names and Uses.
Read More