President Obama’s former associate director of public engagement, Ronnie Cho, is running for the City Council’s District 2 in hopes of representing his East Village…
Trash, Ceramics, Holograms, and More Art This Week
Trash Capsules: Archives of Illness, Food, and Diaspora Opening Monday, August 28 at New Women Space, 7:30 pm to 10 pm. One night only. Our…
We’re Not Kitten: Paws Everything, Get Some Scratch Together, and Hightail It to Acro-Cats
In the context of the Big Apple Circus, which returns in October, “circus cats” means tigers. But what about a circus of actual house cats?…
David Byrne Will Offer Some Free ‘Reasons to Be Cheerful’ at New Museum’s Ideas City
Let’s face it, life is depressing these days and this guy’s Daily Affirmations just aren’t going to cut it. But don’t cryogenically freeze yourself with…
Mac DeMarco’s Trippy New VR Music Video Will Be Esched Into Your Brain
Remember how insane Michael Jackson’s “Black or White” video was when it debuted in 1991? To get an idea of just how trippy those morphing…
White Supremacist Graffiti on E. Broadway Synagogue; Clayworks to Close
Yesterday, city council member Margaret Chin painted over KKK vandalism that recently appeared on East Broadway’s Beth Hachasidim DePolen synagogue. [Bowery Boogie] An Upper West…
Artist Shows Naked Ambition With Glow-in-the-Dark Painting Party
Things can get messy at the quasi-weekly happenings artist Michael Alan hosts at his Bushwick studio. During one of them, so much cake was smeared…
‘Real Housewives’ Art Explores White Female Privilege, With an Anna Wintour Show to Follow
The museum behind the “Olsen Twins Hiding From the Paparazzi” and “Nicole Richie’s 2007 Memorial Day BBQ” exhibits is at it again. This time with…
There’s a Posh New Basement Club in FiDi, and James Murphy Has Tried Out the Soundsystem
WeWork’s Financial District location advertises building amenities such as “fruit water”, but here’s something the co-working company hasn’t publicized yet: In the basement of the…
Fatal Bushwick Gallery Altercation; Creep Pushes Woman onto EV Subway Platform
Bushwick bike messenger Curtis Valentine, 32, died Saturday after sustaining a head injury at a Head Too Heavy Gallery exhibit honoring artists who died of…