Yesterday around lunch time, four women stood at the intersection of 14th Street and First Avenue, scanning the crowd and timidly making eye contact with…
How Ginger Mama ‘Stopped Being a Brat’ and Started Fire-Grooming in the Street
A fire-haired woman named Ellen Turrietta (a.k.a. Ginger Mama) has outlined something of an occupation corridor on East Seventh Street and Second Avenue in the…
The 10 Fringiest of This Year’s Fringe Fest
It’s that time again, folks. The time when the world’s most avant-garde and experimental theater types descend on the East Village and Lower East Side for a fortnight…
Liveness and Cinema: An Illustrated Lecture
Sam Green’s documentary The Weather Underground (seen in the above clip) earned him an Oscar nomination in 2004, but recently he’s been focusing on “live documentaries.” The screenings…
"Football Head" at La MaMa
Visual artist, performer, and gay stage icon Chris Tanner brings true-life tales, and, in his words, “humiliating stories of the sexual awakening of a nerdy…
"Football Head" at La MaMa
Visual artist, performer, and gay stage icon Chris Tanner brings true-life tales, and, in his words, “humiliating stories of the sexual awakening of a nerdy…
Because You’re Good Enough, You’re Smart Enough: Give Yourself a Doggone Trophy
These days, kids get a trophy just for showing up, so why shouldn’t we? At this month’s Lisa’s Choice Awards at the Pine Box Rock…
Because a Burlesque Tribute to Marina Abramovic Needed to Happen…
The real Marina Abramović is often busy chatting with the New Yorker about “being present,” making a film about James Franco and perfecting the Abramović Method, which…
This Itinerate Bookstore Is Settling Down and Adding a Cafe Bar
After raising a little over $20,000 this summer, the Bureau of General Services – Queer Division has secured a home for at least the next…
Ron Athey Puts Away the Torture Rack and Busts Out Some Pens and Typewriters
Like a descent into the cut-up mind of William S. Burroughs, a cacophony of typewriter and pen strokes filled Participant, Inc. as one of the…