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This New Arts Endeavor Hopes to ‘Change the Way We Engage With Africa’
Kehinde Wiley’s donated artwork – After Pontormo’s ‘Two Men with a Passage from Cicero’s ‘On Friendship’, 2009
More often than not, the presence of a message or cause in art doesn’t carry far past the considered stares of gallery patrons, their necks made stiff from nodding. But when art truly intersects with social activism, the slow moving gears of change can be felt. A couple of cogs might just be set in motion tonight at the Gladstone Gallery in Chelsea, with the launch of the Africa’s Out! campaign and a benefit in support of East African LGBTQI rights.
A New Doc Follows the Backwards Footsteps of the North Pond Hermit
After watching two new films this weekend, you’ll never leave the door to your summer rental unlocked again, no matter how idyllic its environs. We’ve already told you about tonight’s theatrical premiere of Doomsdays, wherein a couple of ne’er-do-wells (Justin Rice of Bishop Allen and Leo Fitzpatrick of Kids) crash unoccupied Catskills cabins and help themselves to all the booze. As fantastical as that story may seem, a real-life version of it played out in Maine, where the so-called North Pond Hermit prayed on neighbors’ homes for 27 years. East Village filmmaker Lena Friedrich’s short documentary about him, The Hermit, will screen Saturday as part of the Brooklyn Film Festival.
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Advocates of Small Business Protection Ponder Ways to ‘Take Back NYC’
Panelists from left to right: Kelly Anderson, Dexter Ciprian, Ton Angoti, Sherri Donovan, and Steve Null (Photo: Jaime Cone)
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Forget National Donut Day, Because Churro Cups
Yes, it’s National Donut Day, which means dough dealers everywhere are rolling out deals. Dough, for instance, is debuting its new matcha-sugar donut and offering a chance to get a year of free donuts to those who buy a box of six or more. Doughnut Plant is offering a one-day only pistachio donut, and giving out a mini cake doughnut with each order while supplies last. Buy a dozen or more donuts at Moe’s Doughs, in Greenpoint, and you’ll get four free, or you can just get a donut and a coffee for $2. And Dun-Well Doughnuts, in Bushwick, is offering a free donut with purchase of an espresso drink. But forget all that, because churro cups.
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The Menu at James Murphy’s Wine Bar Will Look ‘Sort of Like This’ On Sunday
(Photo: Nicole Disser)
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These Guys Have Camped Out All Week For a Williamsburg Art Show
Joe Wong, Paul Aftanas, Dan Hamburger.
This New Coffee/Bike Shop Will Really Get Your Wheels Turning
(Photo: Jaime Cone)
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Williamsburg Groping Suspect Arrested; East Village Dorms Unveiled
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Kim Gordon’s New Show: Fear of Lost Art and Ideas in a Changing City
“The City is a Garden” : an exhibition of work by Kim Gordon now at 303 Gallery (Photo: Nicole Disser)
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