Culture Crux - Part 7

Mondays this April, The Hum, Manhattan Inn

Hypnocraft presents a Monday night residency dedicated to creating new music and video art, featuring first time collaborations across various genres with some of New York’s best musicians and video artists.

Battle of the Boroughs: Brooklyn-March 6 in The Greene Space

WNYC and WQXR’s Battle of Boroughs pits bands from each of the city’s boroughs against each other for a chance to compete in the final Ultimate Battle. One of our favorite Brooklyn bands, Teletextile will be one of the acts representing the fair county of Kings in the Battle’s Brooklyn edition.

‘Paper Music’: A Ciné Concert by William Kentridge and Philip Miller – October 27 at Carnegie Hall

As part of the current ‘UBUNTU’ festival celebrating the music and arts of South Africa, Carnegie Hall will present the U.S. premiere of the collaboration between the artist and composer.

‘By Marguerite Duras’ Retrospective–October 15-22 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center

A weeklong festival presents a selection of her formally daring films, movies adapted from her writing, and a newly restored re-release of ‘Hiroshima Mon Amour.’

Thursday Gallery Openings–September 4

As the summer winds to an end, the New York City gallery scene heats back up again, with shows by Nick Cave, Justine Kurland, Marco Breuer, among others.