Wild Combination: a Portrait of Arthur Russell Thursday August 18, 9:30 pm at the Metrograph:$15 It seems like the perfect moment to revisit this 2008…
Twillerama, the Trillest Film Festival for Animations and by Animations
A quick hypothetical for you: if real people host film festivals with “real films,” then wouldn’t it make sense that an animated film festival should…
Performance Picks: Beds Not Chairs + Silent and/or Messy Laughs
WEDNESDAY Blind Crest August 17, 7 pm at Judson Memorial Church: FREE Judson Arts Wednesdays, a series of free music, dance, and theatrical-readings twice a month,…
Just Hope Your Neighbor’s Not a Mouth-Breather at New Bowery Co-Working Space
New York is facing an infestation. And we’re not talking about bed bugs nor are we referring to flying cockroaches– although apparently both of these…
Fineline Tattoo Turns 40; LES Pickle Day Countdown
Two of the five men who launched a homophobic attack on Taj Patterson—which left him blind in one eye—in December 2013 were sentenced to probation…
Folks Got Lit in Support of Literacy, One of Many Obstacles Facing Incarcerated Teens
Last week Friday, a West Village photo studio was transformed into a hub of empowerment for #GalinskyLIT, an effort to help fund libraries and education initiatives in…
Don’t Get Caught Mezcalin’ Around, Giddy Up to Greenpoint for an Agave-Soaked BBQ
Any discerning boozehound knows that tequila is sooo 2006– the alcoholic drink du jour is tequila’s smokier, sexier cousin: mezcal. And while United Staters’ newfound…
In HIKEA, is Particleboard the Enemy of Psychedelics and Marxist Revolution?
The way I’ve always understood them, psychedelics are much more than extremely potent drugs– far from being toys for recreational escapism, they’re actually a means of temporarily nullifying…
Ave A Bar Berlin to Celebrate their One-Year by Getting ‘Really Freakin’ Drunk’
There are three things that are really difficult to do in Manhattan (in ascending order): maintaining a bar, maintaining a music venue, and maintaining your…
Four Readings: Alt-Comedy Collective to Tear Up the Strand + Actor Winos, Winot?
TUESDAY Hyperallergic IRL 2 August 16, 7 pm at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, The super stylish Hyperallergic, the online magazine for all your arts-and-culture-related thinkpiece…