The teeming music landscape of NYC can be a headache to navigate, even if you’re an avid show-goer. Hopefully my round-up of acts to see (and be seen seeing) this week will prove to be a point in the right direction. ON STAGE THIS WEEK: 12/6-12/8: Yo La Tengo’s Hanukkah reign at Maxwell’s continues through […]
Hendrick's Enchanted Forest of Free Booze
Hendrick’s Gin takes over Gallery 151 Space next Monday for a five day-long event. “Fireside Chats in the Enchanted Forest of Curiosities”, as the soiree is dubbed, promises nights of intrigue centered around food (co-sposonsors include the nonprofit Share Our Strength and Eater) and comedy (“performances” from UCB and The Onion) inside an “enchanted indoor forest”. There […]
Scott Campbell's en fuego
Williamsburg-based tattoo and fine artist, Scott Campbell, got into a heated showdown with the folks who organized his sold-out show at Mexico City’s Vice Gallery (yes, that Vice) last week. Offended by an overbearing sponsorship and personal attacks, Campbell dismantled the show, dragged it to the sidewalk and lit the lot on fire. Maybe he […]
Thursday at 8:00 pm
Hot on the trail of worthwhile Halloween happenings, I kept coming across events on Thursday, all kicking off at 8:00 pm. Resting up for the weekend shit show that is Halloween in NYC is overrated, so go get your Brooklyn on. All vital information is below. Eric Drooker and David Rovics performance A free evening of music […]
This Weekend: A Moviemaking Marathon
Tonight at 10pm the annual Brooklyn Film Race is on! In only 24 hours teams of filmmakers are expected to write, shoot, edit and score an original short film based on a shared theme and (as all worthy competitions must have) a surprise element. The completed films will then be shown on the big screen […]
Tonight: The Art of Elysium at 3rd Ward
Do some good with your Thursday night and attend the The Art of Elysium Orientation at 3rd Ward. The L.A.-based (and star-studded) non-profit works to brighten the lives of children with serious medical conditions through creating art. And not just macaroni necklaces, The Art of Elysium is expanding and looking for NYC volunteers involved in […]
"Abstract Expressionist New York" at MoMA
Now on view at MoMA is “Abstract Expressionist New York”, a review of the New York-based abstract artists who transformed the world of art over half a century ago. The exhibit is large, taking over space on three floors. As expected, you can bathe in Rothko’s “multiform” blocks of color and Pollack’s drip paintings as well […]
Stranger Than Fiction series @ IFC
The IFC Center’s “Stranger Than Fiction” documentary series continues tonight with On Coal River, a look at the effects one coal mining company has had on the town it infiltrated. Post-screening, the filmmakers will discuss the polluted playgrounds and blasted mountain tops that pitted the residents of Coal River Valley against the school board, local […]
Best Coast played Bowery Ballroom
Last night, Best Coast proved their lo-fi, doo-wop, surf rock can make it through the summer and into the rainy, grey weather of fall with a sold out show at The Bowery Ballroom. (pics and more after the jump)
Free M.I.A. show at Brooklyn Bowl
Finally making good on a tweeted promise of a free NYC show after the debacle that was her HARD NY performance in July at a soggy Governor’s Island, M.I.A. takes to Brooklyn Bowl‘s stage on October 6 for a first-come first-served solo gig. Doors are at 9:30 and the line for hopefuls forms at 7:00. […]