Arts

Highline Chelsea Open Studios

Location

West Chelsea Arts Building
526 W. 26th Street
New York, NY
United States
Highline Chelsea Open Studios

Tomorrow from 11am-6pm the West Chelsea Arts Building opens its doors to the public, revealing over 50 artists' studios.  Also check out the Highline (my favorite place in the whole city) and Parsons' MFA and BFA Open Studios as well as NYU as well.

Also: brunch starting at 10 am at 2 locations!

follow this link

 

also it's the Armory Arts Week at the Chelsea Piers!

Films About Artists

Location

New York, NY
United States
Films About Artists

 

Equivocation - a multicolored fractal

Location

Manhattan Theatre Club
55 and 7th Avenue
New York, NY
United States
Equivocation - a multicolored fractal

This play is a multicolored fractal.  If you like intellectual plays where the microcosm is deftly tailored with the macrocosm, and involves time travel from the 17 century to the 21st century with a return and repeat, this is for you.  The play takes the Gunpowder Plot in England where anarchists attempted to blow up the House of Parliament,  and asks what would a leading playwright do with such a true story.  The playwright uses the Gunpowder Plot to make a statement about terrorist plots and torture,  posits what makes a human being, while also delivering a poig

The Lost Art Of Inglourious Basterds.

Location

Upper Playground Los Angeles
125 East 6th Street
Los Angeles, CA
United States
The Lost Art Of Inglourious Basterds.

 

McQueen's Death; Bender's Face; Tillion's Octopi

Location

New York, NY
United States
McQueen's Death; Bender's Face; Tillion's Octopi

 

Giacometti, Koons & Graffiti: The Week in Arts

Location

New York CityNew York, NY
United States
Giacometti, Koons & Graffiti: The Week in Arts
Another auction record has been broken: Alberto Giacometti's Walking Man I has fetched $104.3 million at Sotheby's in London. The buyer was anonymous, though many people want to know who has set the latest price for the most expensive work of art ever sold. It was expected to bring in just a quarter of this monumental bid.

Happy Ending Reading Series at Joe's Pub

Location

Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY
United States
Happy Ending Reading Series at Joe's Pub

The Happy Ending Music and Reading Series at Joe’s Pub is one of the reasons why I love New York. It is a monthly event hosted by Amanda Stern and if I am in town, I try not to miss it because it is almost always amazing. It is named Happy Ending because it used to take place at the Happy Ending bar, but it has been happening at Joe’s Pub for almost a year now.

A Few Lines: January 23-30, 2010

Location

SolitudeCornish, NH
United States
A Few Lines: January 23-30, 2010

 

2009: Mapcidy Arts at the End of the Aughts

Location

Mapcidy CentralNew York, NY
United States
2009: Mapcidy Arts at the End of the Aughts

 

CARTOON: Carving the Turkey

Location

Mapcidy Central
95 Morton St.
New York, NY
United States
CARTOON: Carving the Turkey

Here's a bad visual pun to whet your gluttonous appetites before Turkey Day. Enjoy an indulgent Thanksgiving!