People frequently (that is, once every few years) stop me on the street and ask me, “George” (no one really knows who I am), “should I be listening to jazz?” My first response is always, “absolutely!” Then, when they ask me why, this is what I tell them (again almost never happens, but it’s good […]
Jazz 2025: The Mid-Year Report, by George Grella Read More »
Film festivals love to profess their indie bona fides, regardless of how institutional (Tribeca) or industrial (Sundance) they’ve become. (The only exception: Cannes, which absolutely, unapologetically trumpets its status as a glitzy party for superstars and the uber-wealthy.) But a festival that truly embraces the DIY spirit is the New York City Independent Film Festival.
Michael Jones has worked in many different industries — as a manager for Brooklyn synthpop duo Holy Ghost!, at Vice Media in the early days of online video, in the emerging New York City 2010s tech scene at places like Cameo and Dash, and then doing brand development for a company transforming small business lending
Art and science are symbiotic at Pioneer Works’ magazine “Broadcast” Read More »
In her book-to-screen take on Bonjour Tristesse, writer Durga Chew-Bose crafts a lush atmosphere as meticulously and stylishly as she did in her 2019 essay collection Too Much and Not the Mood. It’s not easy to adapt one of the more beloved pieces of 20th-century literature, and Chew-Bose had the additional shadow of Otto Preminger’s
Durga Chew-Bose Reimagines Françoise Sagan’s Bonjour Tristesse Read More »
You wouldn’t expect an album titled Heavy Metal to be performed in a church. But then again, nothing about Cameron Winter’s debut solo album, which he performed at Greenpoint’s St. John’s Lutheran on April 21st and 22nd as part of his worldwide tour, is as expected — one of the many reasons it blew up
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Of the artists who rose from the 1980s East Village to prominence, Mark Kostabi is certainly in the top tier, and among the few survivors who deserve the appellation maestro. There are others of course: Jeff Koons, Kenny Scharf, Julian Schnabel, David Salle, Eric Fischl. Though Kostabi – like Warhol, Picasso or Dali in the
No more Kostabi World? Read More »
Later this month, Mission: Impossible–The Final Reckoning, the eighth entry in the series, hits theaters, and it’s teasing in every way that it will be the last big screen adventure for Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his venerable team of Impossible Missions Force agents, among them Luther (Ving Rhames) and Benji (Simon Pegg). Or, at
An impossibly fun “Mission: Impossible” comes to Queens Read More »
When the Cornelia Street Café announced its closure in 2018 after more than 41 years of operation — due to a crushing rent increase — the loss was acutely felt by the neighborhood and the community of artists who called the café basement stage home. For co-founder and owner Robin Hirsch, though, losing the place
Exiled Off Cornelia Street Read More »
Well, hello there my friends and welcome to the April edition of “Tits Up Brooklyn!” where we explore some of the music and arts that Brooklyn had to offer this muse-ical muse. Oh, the month of March was a busy month for so many reasons. Good reasons, bad reasons and downright ugly reasons, but we
Musical Musings with Medea Read More »
Review of “The Art of Trader Joe’s: Discovering the Hidden Art Gems of America’s Favorite Grocery Store,” by Julie Averbach Review by Michael Quinn I don’t know anyone in the city who doesn’t shop at Trader Joe’s. Even if you dread the crowds, you may go for the low prices. While I’m not generally
Quinn on Books: “Aisle Be Back: Why Trader Joe’s Keeps Us Coming” Read More »
