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Mondays this April, The Hum, Manhattan Inn

April 6, 2015 By Culture Crux Leave a Comment

The Hum

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.

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‘Rockaway!’ opens at Fort Tilden–Sunday, June 29

June 28, 2014 By Culture Crux Leave a Comment

Fort Tilden

A free public arts festival conceived by MOMA PS1 and Patti Smith celebrates the reopening of Fort Tilden.

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Celebrate Ornette–June 12

June 9, 2014 By Culture Crux Leave a Comment

Ornette Coleman

Celebrate Brooklyn! presents a free concert celebrating the jazz musician and composer Ornette Coleman, with an amazing line-up of guests.

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Thursday Gallery Openings–June 5

June 5, 2014 By Culture Crux Leave a Comment

mating season

Our picks for art shows opening this Thursday include three group shows and an exhibition of never-before-seen photographs taken at Josh Harris’ infamous “Quiet: We Live in Public,” art party/project.

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Highlights from Bushwick Open Studios 2014, Part 2

June 3, 2014 By Coral Silverman Leave a Comment

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We discovered a plentitude of talented artists working in painting, photography, and sculpture around the Jefferson L station.

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Bushwick Open Studios–May 30-June 1

May 26, 2014 By Culture Crux Leave a Comment

Bushwick Open Studios

New York City’s preeminent showcase of its creative talent returns this weekend for its eighth year.

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Does Kara Walker’s ‘A Subtlety’ Sugarcoat a Bitter History?

May 21, 2014 By Coral Silverman Leave a Comment

Kara Walker 'A Subtlety' at Domino Sugar Factory

In a mammoth installation at the soon to be demolished Domino Sugar Factory, Kara Walker draws us into the bitter past of the sugar industry with a monumental work that replaces her artwork’s usual brutality with sheer impressiveness.

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Free Solo Set by Luke Temple–Monday, May 19

May 16, 2014 By Culture Crux Leave a Comment

Luke Temple

If you missed the fantastic Luke Temple’s acoustic solo set earlier this month at Baby’s All Right, he will be playing again, this time for free, at Manhattan Inn in Greenpoint.

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‘Visions of Mary Frank’ with ‘JG’

April 20, 2014 By Culture Crux Leave a Comment

Visions of Mary Frank

Film Forum is presenting free screenings of two films by and about two contemporary artists: Mary Frank and Tacita Dean through April 22.

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The Hum

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.

Read More...
2015 Battle of the Boroughs: Brooklyn

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.

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William Kentridge

‘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.

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Hiroshima Mon Amour

‘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.’

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Nick Cave

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.

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