In the bustle of New York City, tucked away in the charming neighborhood North of Little Italy (Nolita), nestled between the posh boutiques beneath the trees outstretching their limbs over Elizabeth Street is a neat, little storefront with a large sign declaring “Moe’s Meat Market.” Years ago, Moe’s had been a meat market. In fact,… Read more »
Last Saturday’s The Art of Hair event turned out to be a great success. Hundreds of people walked through the decorated bodega over the course of the night. It was an ever-changing group of consistently interesting people who all seemed to be engrossed in the spirit of the event. Barbers. led by the Nomad Barber… Read more »
Today was a day. The universe is boundless, therefore everything has happened at least once before, therefore everything is possible. That was my first impression from Out of Hand. This avant-garde plastic show is like philosophical fireworks, a lodestone for geeks and entrepreneurs alike. Witness the digital fabrication of our world. From reality to the… Read more »
No Name TURNS 20 last night at The United Palace Theatre on Broadway in Washington Heights was a blast. Eric Vetter, founder of No Name, led a star filled cast of performers paying tribute to a class act, No Name & A Bag O’Chips Variety Show ~ happy 20, may the next 20 be better than the first, a tough… Read more »
When one considers the magnitude of the problems in the world, it is easy to wonder what a single person can do. Yet we are reminded that all change in the world begins with a single person. For one person to change the world though, one must first change oneself, and for this change, one must… Read more »
This Saturday, February 22nd, at a graffiti coated bodega in the Lower East Side an event is planned to take place that is somehow simultaneously completely unique and universally appealing. Pop-Up Art Event has touched on something with The Art of Hair which will feature hair-centric art from numerous artists in several mediums while the… Read more »
From time to time even I have uttered the magic words. ‘Let’s go to Brooklyn!’ There is new reason to rave about the Brooklyn Museum of Arts. Wangechi Mutu is her name. So quit rasterizing (fancy word alert) yourself on facebook and get a culture fix in the mecca of hip-hop and avocado flavored ice… Read more »
I first came across Richard Serra at MoMA a few years ago. He currently resides between Tribeca and the island of Nova Scotia (at one point he started a furniture removal business to fund his art). The venerable artist has been busy for several decades cutting, propping, stacking and such, solid steel plates into minimalistic… Read more »
The color pink. Flowers blooming from a pile of cigarette packs. Skylines of bottles and jars filled with anything but cherries. Tony Feher started exhibiting in 1980 and 1991 was nationally and world renown. He embarked on complex investigations into the fabrics of being. His tools? Post-minimalistic aesthetic sculptures composed of everyday objects and found… Read more »
The minty New York streets certainly provide enough coolness these days to keep my mind on edge. For the unrare occasions when I need to firmly grip the hands of my clock and escape time for a couple of hours. One of the places where this delicate procedure has a high degree of success is… Read more »
