Arturo Castro alert: on Saturday the Broad City star paid a surprise visit to Comedy Central’s public painting party. Castro, who plays Jaime on the…
Shake Off the Winter Blahs and Jet to This Grand Paradise of Immersive Theater
Waiting to board my plane, I flipped through a Time magazine sitting on the table nearby. Nixon was traveling to China, people were wondering whether or…
Backstage at a Fest That’s ‘Experimenting With the Idea of Experimental Theater’
Last week, we gave you the heads up about Exponential Festival, a cavalcade of local productions that are “all experimental and strange in nature, but…
Catch East Village Royalty (Iggy Pop, Philip Glass) at These Regal Venues
Two members of East Village royalty, Philip Glass and Iggy Pop, have upcoming gigs at venues that befit their majesty. Iggy, whose throne is in Miami…
Two Different Stories at EV Bookstores: One Booms, the Other Busts
The St. Mark’s Bookshop has now officially announced what we broke news of two weeks ago — that it’s facing eviction by the New York City Housing…
I Am Curious (Yellow) About This New Book and Film Fest Honoring Grove Press and Evergreen Review
Most people know Grove Press and its onetime sister journal, The Evergreen Review, as the pioneering publishers of Burroughs, Beckett and Brecht, just to name…
Festival Frenzy: News From Northside, SXSW, Sasquatch!, and Panorama
Sure, we were expecting snow earlier, but in a valiant effort to keep our minds on the sunny days ahead, a slew of festival organizers…
Uplifting News: Glenn Branca Will Premiere The Third Ascension
Just as we began to worry, rather dramatically, that New York had lost the last of its great geniuses, Glenn Branca, the uber influential modernist…
The Week David Bowie Met Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and Andy Warhol: An Inside Look
In the early 1970s, New York actor Tony Zanetta performed in underground theater in plays by Andy Warhol, Jackie Curtis and Wayne/Jayne County. His portrayal…
Kembra Pfahler Launches a Voluptuous Weekly Party at Berlin Tonight
Kembra Pfahler’s archive was recently acquired by NYU, but that doesn’t mean the East Village firebrand is gathering dust in the halls of history. Tonight, the performance artist, future…