THURSDAY Bordello: Psychedelic Thursday, January 26 at Bizarre Bushwick, 10 pm: $10 suggested donation Sinister and sultry variety show Bordello, hosted by Madame Vivien V,…
A Talking Astor Place Cube, Queer Vloggers, and More Performance Picks
WEDNESDAY F*@#d in the East Village January 11-17 at The Wild Project, 7:30 pm: $20, $16 students/seniors. The East Village isn’t what it used to…
The Greenwich Village Church That Helped Women Get Illegal Abortions
This week, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. On the 16th of November in 1964, four women and…
Before You Toss That Latte, Watch These Folks Dance Atop Empty Coffee Cups
How many times have you passed a city trash can overflowing with coffee cups and thought to yourself, “Damn, do the Olsen twins live around…
Performance Picks: Dystopian Foster Wallace, Chocolate Dances, Anti-Bannon Seinfeld
THURSDAY Infinite Jets Thursday, December 1 at The Annoyance Theater, 9 pm: $10. Surely many of you have taken a crack at reading David Foster…
You Choose Who Lives in New Slasher-Circus-Dance Show Slumber
It’s not every day you see a show where the cast ends up covered in fake blood and has to run to the venue’s backyard…
Many Marys, and a Broome Street Salon and More Performance Picks
WEDNESDAY Future Forms Wednesday, September 28 at Throne Watches, 8 pm: FREE. The future may not be looking very great for the country/society as a…
Enter This Fever-Dream Dance Melding Andy Warhol and Lana Del Rey
What’s it like to step into another person’s fever dream…if that person has been obsessed with Andy Warhol since childhood? That’s the premise behind Raja…
Can This Sprawling, Immersive Exploration of Surveillance ‘Change the Face of Culture’ in Bushwick?
On May 20, the 50,000-square-foot Knockdown Center will become the site of a bold new experiment in live performance. Authority Figure, directed by performance/dance/sound artists Monica…
Unibrow Brilliant: A ‘Movement Installation’ Goes Beyond the Frida Kitsch
What do you think of when you hear the name “Frida Kahlo?” Her lush, Tehuantepec-inspired dresses? Her flowered headdresses? Her unmistakeable unibrow? These days, one of the…